The commercial consul of Egypt, Mahmoud Mazhar, who is in Minas Gerais, presented the Arab country as a tourist destination, attractive to investment and with ease for foreign trade.
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A study by the Global Investment House, from Kuwait, shows that the Saudi real estate sector should grow 5% to 7% a year to 2012. The country needs 1.5 million housing units.
The director of Interworld Foods, Abdul Rahima, is visiting Fruit & Log, a fruit and vegetable fair held in the city of São Paulo. He wants to gain better knowledge of Brazilian grape production.
Among the 18 international buyers to participate in the Febrava business roundtables is a company from the Emirates that is interested in importing air conditioners and cooling systems.
The first edition of the fair, which ends on Thursday at the Expo Center Norte, plans to attract producers, processors, exporters, distributors and importers from all over the world.
Representatives of Atlas Olive Oils are in São Paulo seeking a distributor. The company, which is over 120 years old, produces a million litres of extra-virgin olive oil a year.
The forecast is by Riyadh Exhibitions Company, which is responsible for Saudi Agro-Food, to take place in November. The country imported US$ 15 billion in agricultural products and food last year.
Céu Azul, headquartered in Sorocaba, in the interior of São Paulo, is seeking new contacts abroad. The poultry farm already exports to the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq.
The president of the Makaseb Islamic investment bank, Ahmed El Helw, from the Emirates, visited Brazil and showed interest in opening a slaughterhouse to export beef to his country.
Nearly US$ 1 million is available for promoting grape juice in Brazil and abroad, through marketing actions and participation in international fairs, among them Gulfood 2010, held in Dubai.
The Arab Chamber should participate in the promotion of business roundtables with Arab companies at fairs in Brazil. It sponsors the Equipotel project and partners in the Fruit & Log and Abras ones.
The Brazilian maker of kitchens and planned furniture should inaugurate a greater and more complete shop in the Emirates by November. The company already has showrooms in four Arab countries.
The group that publishes the British magazine will hold a conference with business leaders, government officials and analysts in São Paulo in October. The country was chosen for its potential.
The maker of threads and fibres, established in São Paulo by the Bonduki family, of Syrian origin, should invest in expanding sales to traditional markets and furthering contact in North Africa.
