The foreign trade manager at the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association, Márcio Caparroz, started yesterday a series of activities in the Arab country to learn a little more about the local market. There is space, in Libya, both for cheaper meats and for differentiated ones, according to him. The retail sector in the country is mainly small and medium.
Author: Mark Ament
Businessmen from Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil presented project Braziland yesterday, at the offices of the Arab Brazilian Chamber. The plan is to build a miniature Brazil on one of the artificial islands of Dubai. The idea is to attract investment from Brazilian companies to the enterprise.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian exports generated US$ 12.6 billion in March, an increase of 7.6% in the daily average of shipments in comparison with the same period last year and reduction of 6.4% over February. Imports totalled US$ 11.6 billion last month, growth of 33.2% in the daily average when compared to
The Brazilian shoe industry posted 12.7% growth in the volume of exports in the first two months of this year as against the same period in 2007. In terms of revenues, sales grew 6.1%. The state of Ceará was the Brazilian state that most sold shoes abroad.
Full Gauge is a factory of instruments for cooling and solar warming systems. The company from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul exported to the United Arab Emirates for the first time in March and hopes to expand sales to the Arabs by 25% this year. In the region, the organisation already sells to Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon.
Bovespa, BM&F and other organisations in the sector will promote a workshop in Dubai, on the 21st, with the objective of attracting investors from the region. The effort, dubbed BEST, aims to promote the Brazilian market around the world.
Leila Echaime is the daughter of Lebanese immigrant Mustafá Echaime and of the Brazilian Maria Echaime, whose parents were also born in Lebanon. And it is exactly from the country of her forefathers that Leila keeps her unforgettable memories: the sunset and Muslim prayers. Arab culture influenced her work.
Leila Echaime is the daughter of Lebanese immigrant Mustafá Echaime and of the Brazilian Maria Echaime, whose parents were also born in Lebanon. And it is exactly from the country of her forefathers that Leila keeps her unforgettable memories: the sunset and Muslim prayers. Arab culture influenced her work.
The factory based in Rio de Janeiro reached the figure after selling almost 38,000 lorries to Bertin Group, one of the largest slaughterhouses in the country. Volkswagen exports commercial vehicles to 31 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
The executive director at Abiec, Marcio Caparroz, is in the country to consolidate and improve ties with local buyers. The executive director at Abimo, Hely Maestrello, is going to prospect the market. They are also going to visit Tripoli International Fair, which begins on Wednesday.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber stand at Cairo International Fair, which ended on Friday, was sought by people like Zaki El Sewedy, owner of the El Sewedy Group, one of the largest companies in Egypt, which is investing US$ 5 million in a factory in Brazil.
Mueller Stoves, from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, sells its products in the Middle East but has plans to grow in the region. Exports started in Jordan and Iraq three years ago. The company also exports to South and Central America, Africa, Japan and Europe.
The company sold 36 Embraer 195 jets to a new Brazilian airline. The airline is currently being established by businessman David Neeleman, the founder of North American airline JetBlue. If all the options and rights are confirmed, the deal may reach US$ 3 billion.
