From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – The Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, inaugurates tomorrow (20) the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) distribution centre in Portugal. The centre, according to a statement released by the ministry, is located 20 kilometres away from the port of Lisbon and 15 kilometres from the airport of the Portuguese capital city. The aim is to serve the markets of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.
According to the ministry, the space will be used initially by 80 companies. In all, 165 companies have demonstrated to be interested in installing themselves in the space. They represent the sectors of industrialised foods, handicrafts, animal food, auto parts, leather objects, clothes and textiles, cachaça (typical Brazilian spirit made with sugarcane), coffee, shoes, cosmetics, medical and dentistry equipment, musical instruments, plastics, refrigeration, plaster, machinery and equipments, marble and granite, publishing, furniture and home appliances.
According to Apex, 280,000 euros were invested in the Lisbon distribution centre. As well as Furlan, participating at the inauguration will be the minister of Economy and Innovation of Portugal, Manuel Antonio Gomes de Almeida Pinto, and the president of Apex, Juan Quirós. Apex has already inaugurated similar centres in Miami and Frankfurt.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey
