From the Newsroom* São Paulo -Milo, a Brazilian food products company is going implement an industrial unit in the city of Ijuí, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The technical director at the company, Klaus Dieter Kurtz, signed last week a protocol of intentions together with the government of Rio Grande
Author: Silvia Lindsey
The brand of feminine shoes Les Gazelles is going to increase its sales to the Arab market in the next collection. The brand, which already exports to Kuwait, is closing a contract with an importer from the United Arab Emirates.
The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer announced yesterday the sales of three executive jets to United Aviation, an air charter service from Kuwait. With this contract, the number of aircrafts of the sort ordered in the region increases to ten, of which five have already been delivered.
The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency and the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association signed yesterday an agreement that foresees investments of US$ 3.5 million to promote Brazilian beef abroad up to 2008. The main objectives are the new markets, like Morocco, which imports small quantities of beef from Brazil.
The Arab countries sold US$ 407,900 in rugs to Brazil in the first semester of the year, an increase in 37% over the same period in 2005. Egypt was the greatest supplier, with 98.8% of the total. Also Morocco and Lebanon shipped rugs to Brazil from January to June.
Bernardo de Azevedo Brito is one of the most experienced people in the Brazilian Foreign Office, and has the curriculum of a pioneer, since he was responsible for opening many embassies, like that of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia, and most recently the representation office in Ramallah, on the West Bank. Now he is going to use this experience in a new mission: make relations between the two countries go back to having the strength they had in the past.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The presidents of the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), Juan Quirós, and of the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association (Abiec), Marcus Vinícius Pratini de Morais, are going to launch on Monday (17), in São Paulo, a joint project to promote Brazilian beef exports. According to Apex,
The work is the result of a partnership with stylists and famous brands. The collection may be seen at the São Paulo Fashion Week, which started this Wednesday (12).
Fennearte, the largest fair in the sector in Latin America, follows on until Sunday in the city of Olinda, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Handicrafts from Egypt and another ten countries, including Brazil, are part of the exhibit. Cushions, vases, clothes, carpets and crystals are the main products from abroad shown.
Shipments of agriculture and livestock products from Brazil to the Arab countries increased by more than 10% between January and June and reached US$ 1.6 billion. And the second semester is promising: with the opening of the Egyptian market to poultry imports, the president of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association, Ricardo Gonçalves, believes it is possible to export 100,000 tonnes per year to the country.
According to the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., there will be 1,500 Brazilian companies up to the end of the year, against 1,200 in 2005. Still for this year, the entity is going to organise actions for trade promotion directed at products and services with high added value, like construction and furniture.
