Company Só Futebol Brasil, from the city of Valinhos, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, has identified an increase in the search for shirts of the Saudi and Tunisian country team shirts. Both teams are going to dispute the World Cup, in Germany. Só Futebol Brasil trades national team and also club shirts from all five continents, among them those of 13 Arab countries. Sales are made on the company site.
Author: Mark Ament
A son of Lebanese parents, doctor Roger Abdelmassih is a world reference considering human reproduction. At his clinic and research centre, a total of 5,000 babies have already been generated. Now, he is investing US$ 1 million in stem-cell research.
A son of Lebanese parents, doctor Roger Abdelmassih is a world reference considering human reproduction. At his clinic and research centre, a total of 5,000 babies have already been generated. Now, he is investing US$ 1 million in stem-cell research.
The investment will be made up to 2010, according to the Brazilian company. This is one of the alternatives to reduce dependence on the current main supplier, Bolivia. The company is also studying replacing natural gas for fuel oil.
The growth of 34.2% in the consumption of personal hygiene, perfumery and cosmetics products in 2005 made the country rise two positions in the world ranking in the sector. The expectations of the organization that represents the sector are that with annual growth of over 20%, Brazil should reach the third position in 2007 or 2008.
Similarities between the Brazilian and Arab auto markets should simplify the entry of auto parts industries into the region. Ten companies in the sector are going to participate at the end of this month in fair Automechanika, to take place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
The Brazilian slaughterhouse Friboi started producing and exporting organic beef at the end of 2004. Last year they shipped, on average, 24 tonnes of products per month and this year they expect to surpass 50 tonnes. The main destinations were the United Arab Emirates, France, Holland and Germany.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – In the month of April, China became the second main Brazilian supplier of shoes, overtaking Argentina. This information was published in magazine Revista Passarela. In April, Brazilian purchases of Chinese shoes grew 79%, when compared to the same month in 2005, and reached US$ 617 million. China answered to
Nutrilatina, a Brazilian sports supplement and light product maker from the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, shipped a container of products to Saudi Arabia this year. The company has also already sold to Kuwait and is testing other Arab markets like the Lebanese, Egyptian and Qatari.
Alessander Lenzi is the only Brazilian jet ski world champion in the Professional Freestyle category. The youth, who teaches his radical manoeuvres around the globe, has already travelled to Dubai nine times to train sportsmen there and compete. His next trip to the Arab country will take place in June.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian rice exports reached 107,200 tonnes in the first four months of the year. The increase over the period from January to April 2005 was 16%. Last year, Brazil exported 400,000 tonnes of rice, with growth of 643% over 2004. *Translated by Mark Ament
The appreciation of the Brazilian real against the United States dollar are increasing Brazilian imports of electronic products. They totalled US$ 20.3 million in the first quarter of the year, with growth of 36% over the same period in 2005.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has established a technological centre with the objective of improving energy sources like castor seed and oil palm biodiesel. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply has already turned R$ 10 million (US$ 4.9 million at current exchange rates) to the project.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Furniture producers from the city of Arapongas, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, are participating in a business roundtable with importers from 16 countries, among them the United Arab Emirates and Algeria. The meeting began yesterday (9) and goes on until tomorrow (11). Apart from the Emirates and
