This represents the ninth month running in which there has been an increase, according to a study by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). This year, retail posted growth of 9.6% in sales volume. The supermarket and furniture sectors were the most prominent.
Author: Mark Ament
Shoe industry Príncipe Verde, from the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, sold to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Morocco three years ago. Now the factory based in Belo Horizonte, the state capital, plans to remake contacts with importers in the region and to return to the market.
The Pernambuco State Gypsum Industry Union (Sindusgesso) and the Civil Construction Industry Association of Northwestern Paraná are two of the organisations to participate in the trade delegation that the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency and the Arab Brazilian Chamber are going to promote to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar starting next Sunday. The representatives of Sindusgesso are going to proceed with talks for the establishment of a joint venture i
Technological innovation is the bet of pillow factory Duoflex to strengthen its brand on the foreign market. The small company based in the city of Vinhedo, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, is specialised in the production of pillows with different materials like latex from the Amazon, ventilated foam and springs.
The value of the contracts announced during the Dubai Air Show is US$ 583 million. Orders were placed by Arab, Nigerian and Spanish companies. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, from the Emirates, in turn, ordered 200 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Induscabos, a producer of electric flexes and cables from the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, wants to enter the Arab market after participating in the trade delegation that the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion agency are going to promote to the region this month. The company products are for low- and medium-tension.
The proposal was made yesterday by the executive secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, Silas Brasileiro, to the Algerian minister of Agriculture, Said Barkat. The idea is to regularly solve problems related to agricultural trade. The Brazilian ministry also announced the promotion of a trade delegation to the Arab world in 2008.
This was one of the matters discussed yesterday during the visit of the ambassador of the Arab country, Waleed Al-Kandari, to the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina. According to the vice president at the organisation, Glauco José Côrte, 70% of state exports to Kuwait are chicken meat. The ambassador also met with state governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira.
Representatives of the Brazilian dairy industry should go to the country in early 2008, by invitation of the Algerian minister of Agriculture, Said Barkat, who visited the company yesterday. According to the vice-president at the company, Jacques Gontijo, the feasibility of building a plant for reprocessing powdered milk in the Arab country should be assessed.
Said Barkat, the minister of Agriculture of Algeria, visited the installations of Bertin slaughterhouse, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. He invited members of the company’s board to visit Algeria after partnerships with local companies and observed halal slaughter of cattle, following Muslim requirements.
Vitrolar, a maker of steel doors and windows based in the city of Mirassol, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, should sign an export contract with a distributor in the Arab country. The signing will take place during the trade mission that the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency should promote to the Gulf between November 18th and 30th.
This information was disclosed to ANBA yesterday by the Algerian minister of Agriculture, Said Barkat, who visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. He said that partnerships guarantee long-term economic relations and that Brazilian producers may use his country as an export platform to the rest of Africa and to Europe.
A businesswoman who started belly dancing to avoid stress, opens, in São Paulo, the largest dance academy in Latin America. Belly dancing, taught by teacher Semiramis, is among the courses most sought by students.
A businesswoman who started belly dancing to avoid stress, opens, in São Paulo, the largest dance academy in Latin America. Belly dancing, taught by teacher Semiramis, is among the courses most sought by students.
