In the Brazilian pavilion, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Arab Brazilian Chamber, 16 companies participate in the food fair in Saudi Arabia, which runs until the 4th in the capital.
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Fashion fair Who’s Next, in which 12 Brazilian companies took part by means of the Texbrasil program, should generate US$ 995,000 in deals in the coming 12 months. A total of 300 contacts were made.
Twenty six Brazilian civil construction companies will attend the Big 5, the Arab world’s leading fair for the industry. Fifteen of them attended a preparatory lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Company Nuttra, from the interior of São Paulo, seeks a distributor in the Middle East. In February, it will feature for the second time in the Gulfood fair, in Dubai, so as to promote its products.
According to Development minister Miguel Jorge, the country should become a construction site over the next five years due to international events to be hosted and to infrastructure investment.
The areas of tourism and port logistics were the two mentioned by the mayor of the city in Greater São Paulo, Luiz Marinho, who opened the Multilateral Relations Forum.
The state produces marble, granite and ceramics and wants to export to the Arab world. The intention was expressed in a meeting with Michel Alaby, of the Chamber, during a seminar in João Pessoa.
In a panel promoted at the Encomex, Rodrigo Solano, from the Arab Brazilian Chamber, pointed out high per capita income as an important factor making the Arab market attractive to Brazilian companies.
Brazil should present, on November 2nd, investment opportunities in agribusiness at a seminar in Riyadh. This is a beginning of closer ties with countries lacking productive land but with food demand.
Managers of the main energy companies and investment funds in the Emirates visited Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and São Paulo to learn about the potential of sectors in each state.
The country is elaborating a new investment law and should promote, starting on October 30th, a conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships. Foreign investors are expected.
Over 300 Brazilian companies have already got halal certification, guaranteeing the presence of their products in the Muslim countries.
Brazilian companies participating in the food sector fair in Germany returned with good sales perspectives, totalling US$ 1 billion. Some of the importers with which contacts were made were Arab.
Brazilian company Gomes da Costa sold 300,000 cans of tuna to the Arab country, for the value of US$ 250,000. The products should be sent in three shipments.
