Company Edlo, from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, is researching the Arab market. The first contacts will take place this year, after a fair in Dubai. A client from Egypt has already received haemostatic clips made by the company, used in various kinds of surgeries.
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The participation of Brazilian companies in the World Congress for the sector, to take place in September, in Dubai, may be the starting push for foreign sales. Producers are betting on the market in the United Arab Emirates as a potential destination. The country is the largest per capita consumer of bottled water in the world, at 265 litres per year.
The company, which is participating in the stand organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce at the fair, has already closed business deals with five Algerian importers. Agri-Tillage, a producer of agricultural equipment, is going to select a representative for company products in the region after contacts made in Algiers. The fair will go on up to Thursday.
Yesterday, Abdelaziz Bouteflika officially opened the 38th edition of Algiers International Fair. He commented on the increase in the area of the Brazilian stand this year and on the greater number of Brazilian companies. This year, nine companies are present. The show will be opened to the public today (03) and will go on up to Thursday (09).
The fair, turned to the medical, hospital and dentistry equipment and products ended today (02) in Saudi Arabia. Brazilian company Hospimetal presented a hospital bed at the fair.
Company Amsted Maxion has been exporting railway parts to the Arab country for the last ten years. The wheels are made of cast iron and resist to the desert environment of the Sahara. The company also produces railway cars. This year they should produce around 6,000 units.
Menendez Amerino, the largest Brazilian cigar producer, is exporting its products to Lebanon. Last year, sales totalled US$ 28,000. In years to come, exports to another four Arab countries are forecasted, among them the United Arab Emirates.
The fair is one of the greatest in the Arab world. For this year, exhibitors from 32 countries, from sectors like food, shoes and agricultural machinery, are expected. Six companies from Brazil will be participating in the fair at the stand organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. Professionals from the Brazilian embassy in Algiers will also be at the stand.
Saudi Healthcare started on Sunday (29) and ends on Thursday (2), in Jeddah. According to Maurício Manfré, an executive at the Association of the Manufacturers of Medical and Dental Products (Abimo), Brazilian products have competitive technology and prices that may win Arab clients in the public and private sectors. The association represents 418 companies from Brazil.
The fair will begin on Sunday and will go on to Thursday, in Jeddah. The Brazilian stand is going to include company Hospimetal, from São Paulo, which produces hospital products, apart from the Brazilian sector association and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB). The Saudis import 99% of their medicine and medical equipment needs.
Agência Brasil Seoul – The Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil, Celso Amorim, said yesterday (24) that commercial relations between Brazil and South Korea may reach US$ 6 billion to US$ 7 billion in two years. According to Amorim, current exchanges between the two countries amount to US$ 3 billion, as per the Brazilian estimate,
Agência Brasil Seoul – Brazilian institutions and enterprises will sign next Friday (27), in Tokyo, with Japanese partners, nine agreements that may result in investments of US$2 billion in Brazil, according to the Directorate of Trade Promotion of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Relations. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) may become the main Brazilian partner.
Agência Brasil Seoul – Brazilian and South Korean institutions and enterprises signed this Tuesday (24), in South Korea, contracts that may result on investments of up to US$4 billion in Brazil, in the next years. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated on a ceremony to celebrate these partnerships. In one of the agreements, between
The factory from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo should send 150 units to the two countries up to the end of the year. Sales to the Emirates began at the beginning of 2005 and to Qatar in 2002. The vehicles, for children aged eight and over, are sold for up to US$ 3,700 in Brazil and have in the Middle East a potential market, as the per capita income is high.
