Group UMG, from the United Arab Emirates, is building a furniture sales and distribution centre, covering an area of over 12,000 square metres. The centre is in Jebel Ali Free Zone and the plan is to attract Brazilian companies.
Author: Mark Ament
This year the tariffs on industrial products traded between the Arab country and the European Union have been eliminated. The elimination of tariffs on agricultural products and services is also being negotiated. According to the ambassador of Tunisia to Brazilian capital Brasília, Seifeddine Cherif, these advances may benefit Brazilian exports. The association treaty was enacted 12 years ago.
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are among the most important global producers of raw materials for fertilizers, pointed out Ali Saab, of the Strategic Management Advisory at the Ministry of Agriculture, which has just promoted a study that diagnosed the sector in Brazil.
The market has grown 21.4% in comparison with 2006, and around 8 million desktop computers and almost 2 million notebooks were sold. The figures are by the Brazilian Electrical and Electronics Industry Association.
Trading company Pacific Comercial of São Paulo represents four Brazilian makers of toast, biscuits, sweets and cakes. In the past, Pacific exported to Arab nations, but now it wants to rewin the market at Gulfood, the food sector fair in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Naguib Sawiris, the owner of Orascom Telecom and the richest man in Africa, tried to buy part of Brasil Telecom last year. The deal was not closed, but the businessman is still aware of investment opportunities in the country. In an interview to ANBA he also spoke about the development of the Egyptian economy that, in his opinion, has come to stay.
The minister of Industry of the African country, Ali Ahmed Osman, pointed out the technology used in production of agricultural commodities, poultry and cattle beef and demonstrated interest in promoting a trade mission to Brazil. He met yesterday with the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby.
Cacique, the owner of the traditional instant coffee brand, wants to establish a long-lasting partnership in the region. It is with this objective in mind that the company is going to participate in the Gulfood, the food sector fair to take place in the Emirates in February. The company has been exporting to the Arab world for two decades.
A regional bulletin by the Brazilian Central Bank, disclosed in Curitiba, shows that in 2007 the region had low inflation, high credit, growing foreign trade and expanding job generation.
Brazilian directors at the Ministry of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation are in the Arab country to participate in a workshop, to begin in Cairo today. The plan is to aid the government of Egypt in the elaboration of an income transfer program similar to the Brazilian Bolsa Família (Family Purse).
The study, innovative with these two species, is in the initial phase of collection of roots, leaves, trunks, fruit and organic material from the soil. The team also intends to analyse the perspectives for obtaining carbon credits, be they for the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere or for the replacement of fossil fuels.
Last year, Brazilian sales totalled US$ 14.6 million. To further promote fruit and juice on the Arab market, the Ibraf is going to participate in food sector fair Gulfood, in February, in Dubai, and also intends to work in partnership with local supermarket chains.
The teachers who are teaching Portuguese to the 108 Palestinian refugees who have been living in Brazil since last year underwent a training course last week. As teachers in the Arab Studies Sector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the seven professors learnt new methods to apply in the classroom.
The teachers who are teaching Portuguese to the 108 Palestinian refugees who have been living in Brazil since last year underwent a training course last week. As teachers in the Arab Studies Sector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the seven professors learnt new methods to apply in the classroom.
