The event starts today and goes until Saturday in the Greek capital.
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The partnership between the Brazilian export consortium and representatives from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia was made official during the 9th Beirut Fashion. The fashion trade show took place in Beirut in the beginning of September. The group will also send samples to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
The partnership between the Libyan government and the Pedro Afonso Agricultural Cooperative (Coapa) is being negotiated by the state government and by the embassy of the Arab country in Brazil, and should be completed by the end of next year. The industry, to produce ground soy, soy oil, and fertilizers, should occupy an area of 300,000 square metres and employ 2,500 people.
Up until Friday more than 1,000 visitors passed by the Brazilian pavilion at the biggest furniture and decorations fair in the Middle East. Multimóveis, from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, has already settled deals of US$ 250,000. The Movexport consortium, from the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, will inaugurate a showroom in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Agência Brasil Moscow (Russia) – Today marks the start of the "Brazil-Russia Fashion" exposition, a presentation of Brazilian jewelry, clothing, footwear, and cosmetic products. The event began with a fashion show including pieces designed by Alexandre Herchovich, Amir Slama, and Walter Rodrigues, famous Brazilian designers. The exposition is sponsored by the Export Promotion Agency (Apex),
N&N Polpas e Frutas sold 5,000 tons of the product in foreign markets last year. About 180 tons went to the Arab countries, which use the purée to produce juice, ice cream, yoghurt and baby food. The factory aims to export 7,500 tons per year, where 1,500 tons would go to the Arab market.
Industry Americanflex sold eight containers of mattresses and furniture and decoration producer Antiqua has already sold all the products exhibited at Index. The first day of the largest furniture and decoration fair in the Middle East, to go on up to Sunday, made it possible for the 35 Brazilian companies exhibiting in Dubai to establish around 500 new contacts.
Worried about being too dependent on oil, the Arab countries are interested in Brazilian technology. According to the special consultant at the Manaus Free Zone Superintendence, Khaled Sarout, Brazil is interesting for the Arabs since it is a potential exporter in this sector. The industrial pole in Manaus holds 430 companies, most of the in the technology sector.
In all, 35 Brazilian companies are going to exhibit in a 500 square-meter space at Index, the main event in the sector in the Middle East. The mission is organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and by the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency. Present at the event will be businessmen from the state of Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais.
Lexi Olive Oil, one of the largest olive oil producers in the Arab country, is going to export its bottled product starting in 2005. Selling directly to Brazil, without intermediaries, is the main objective of Arab businessmen exhibiting at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce stand at the 34th Expo Abras, to finish today (16) in Rio de Janeiro.
Sogemco, a food producer and exporter belonging to the group signed an official representation contract with Iacb Intercrop, a company from the state of São Paulo, on Tuesday (14), the second day of Expo Abras 2004, in Rio de Janeiro. Jordanian company Zumot Distilleries wants to export Arak to Brazil, and the president of trading company World Negoce has plans to establish a partnership with a national leather producer.
Banana Candy shall start exporting to the Arab countries in the following months. The company should settle the deal at the 34th Expo Abras with a Lebanese entrepreneur, who will distribute the products in the region starting in Dubai. The factory is based in the Vale do Ribeira, interior of the state of São Paulo, and produces 35 tons of sweets monthly.
The second edition of the event will be inaugurated today in Manaus, capital of the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, by presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from Brazil, and Hugo Chávez, from Venezuela. Representatives of companies from the United Arab Emirates and Algeria are among the 300 foreign guests. The fair objectives are to integrate the Industrial Pole of Manaus with the foreign market and promote sustainable development of the region.
The two Brazilian companies were invited to manufacture plastic utensils and refrigerators in the country in partnership with a local group. Company representatives should travel to Syria in the next 20 days to continue negotiations started at the 51st Damascus International Fair.
