Advertising agency Nova S/B is going to create the World Health Organisation campaign for the World No Tobacco Day, in late May. The work should air in more than 200 countries, including the Arab world. One of the languages of the campaign is Arabic.
Author: Mark Ament
The measure published yesterday reduces the import fee from 10% to 2% and the objective is to guarantee supply to the canned product industry. It also benefits fish exporters, among them Morocco, the main supplier to Brazil.
The spa at Renaissance Hotel, which opened its doors this month, grants clients the possibility of taking care of their bodies as do the Arabs. One of the treatments offered is the hammam, a kind of therapeutic bath, with sauna, common in Morocco. At the spa, the bath is offered with clay from the Amazon.
The minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Martin Rima, signed last week a protocol of intention for the installation of an Aero Vodochody factory in Rio Grande do Norte (NE Brazil). The company has been in operation for 88 years and is one of the most traditional in military aviation in Europe.
Company Bonecas Arteiras started as a hobby of two friends from the Brazilian Federal District, where the country capital is located. They decided to produce and embroider colourful shirts at home. The products called the attention of the market and today, apart from sales to Brazil, the company also exports to Portugal, Spain, France and the Netherlands.
The São Paulo Stock Exchange and other institutions are going to promote a seminar about Brazilian capital markets in Dubai next week. Through actions like this one, greater interest of the Arabs is expected, as has already happened with Asian investors.
Água Fresca, a maker of beach fashion established in the city of Pinhais, in the Metropolitan region of Curitiba, the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, has exported 200 articles to Alexandria since the beginning of this year. The objective is to expand sales in North Africa and the Middle East.
Missions from the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul are going to be in the United Arab Emirates still this month. They are going to prospect business and present products and investment opportunities.
Passenger movement in the airports of the region rose 13.6% in the first half. Then came Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Pacific and finally North America. The Middle East also led in the expansion of shipments and unloading of cargo.
Open capital companies posted their best results since 2003, according to a study by consultancy company Economatica, considering the performance of 257 companies. Together they posted profit of 123.7 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 73.3 billion) last year.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian agribusiness exports reached US$ 4.776 billion in March and exceeded in 6.4% those of March 2007. In the accumulated result for the last 12 years, the value is record, US$ 60.5 billion. Excluding the US$ 837 million in imports, the March surplus was US$ 3.939 billion. In the first quarter,
The Brazilian Association of the Manufacturers of Medical and Dental Products wants to organise a delegation to the Arab country in 2009. According to the executive director at the organisation, Hely Maestrello, who is currently in Libya, the market there has great potential for Brazilian products.
The Ministry of Health of the Arab country has forecasted for this year a budget of US$ 800 million to redo hospitals. Brazilian and Lebanese representatives in the sector met in Tripoli, where an international fair is taking place. The Arab Brazilian Chamber is participating.
