Automechanika, an auto parts fair, is going to take place between May 28 and 30 in the United Arab Emirates. The Arab Brazilian Chamber is organizing Brazilian participation in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Auto Parts Manufacturers (Sindipeças). National sector exports to the Arabs rose 89.9% in 2005.
Author: Mark Ament
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Bosch is going to open an Anti-Lock Breaking System (ABS) factory in Brazil. The new line will be installed in the city of Campinas (in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo), where the company already has a factory and it will be in operation in
Brazilian natural rubber production should grow in 2006. Last year production totalled 100,000 tonnes. The number is well below the 300 tonnes consumed in the country every year. Brazil has 70 mills for the processing of the product.
The company Gavea Sensors, manufacturer of equipment that measures oil temperature in wells, was created due to a research ordered by Petrobras to the university Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. The company already supplies the product to the Brazilian oil company and is now preparing to find the market outside Brazil.
This is the statement of the Marketing vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Rubens Hannun. Arab investment was the theme of a talk to members of the Brazilian federal and state governments last month. According to Hannun, sectors like sugar and meats interest the region, as there is strong local demand for these products.
Agência Brasil* São Paulo – The Brazilian trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) showed the entry of US$ 880 million in Brazil in the four working days of last week, presenting a daily average of US$ 220 million. With this, the accumulated trade balance surplus rose to US$ 13.318 billion, an increase of 3.22% when
The company Erwin Guth is negotiating the sales of products to two hospitals to be built in Iraq. The construction is due to start yet in 2006. The manufacturer already exports to Jordan and the United Arab Emirates and, in the beginning of the year, signed a deal with a distributor in Kuwait.
This statement is by the head of the Economic Department of the League of Arab States, Thamer Zaida. He believes that the closer ties that are being established between both regions, since the Brasília summit last year, are going to open more possibilities for Arabs to sell their products in South America.
The Brazilian musician and composer lived in Morocco for six months. The country is part of a list of 36 nations in which he played and presented his music. In the shows and records of Orquestra Mundana, his band, are from Arab and African sounds to the Latin rhythm. In his last CD, song Lamentos, by Pixinguinha, is played in Arab rhythms.
The Brazilian musician and composer lived in Morocco for six months. The country is part of a list of 36 nations in which he played and presented his music. In the shows and records of Orquestra Mundana, his band, are from Arab and African sounds to the Latin rhythm. In his last CD, song Lamentos, by Pixinguinha, is played in Arab rhythms.
The Middle East and North Africa answer to 70% of the foreign sales of SNC Cosmetic Industry. The company has an agent in Dubai, who is responsible for distribution of products in the region. Among the main products shipped are hair creams, shampoos, conditioners and body moisturisers.
Villa Germania exported the first container of the product to the country last month. The idea was to ship between two and three containers a month. The Arab market should answer to 30% of company exports within coming years. The company is the largest slaughterer of ducks in Latin America: around 6,000 animals a day.
Mauritania and Sudan started exploiting oil recently. Algeria, a large producer of the commodity, has also been increasing its production. The Arab countries in Africa are growing as world suppliers of oil and with this are taking income to the continent.

