The request was made in an address at a seminar for foreign investors organized by the Brazilian government in Geneva. In his address, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that "it is important to attract investment (from the region), especially in the infrastructure area, and also to make Brazil put its products on the Arab market."
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Brazil Pepper, a small company from the southeastern state of São Paulo, exports pepper based food products to seven countries. Among these countries is Saudi Arabia, the first importer in 2001.
The Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition will bring together professionals, buyers, and suppliers in aviation to present novelties in products and services, as well as seminars and aeroplane exhibitions at Congonhas Airport, in the southeastern city of São Paulo.
Technofoam, located in the southern state of Paraná, produces sophisticated pillows, with foam that does not deform, like that of common pillows. This year, the company wants to invest in foreign trade with the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Cuba, and the United States. The first container will be shipped to Cuba in February.
Interest in Brazil has been rising since Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the region, said to ANBA Nádia Baker, a Brazilian who has been living in the United Arab Emirates since last year and works for a firm that organizes events. According to her, there is interest in the purchase of Brazilian juice.
Technical visits are being organized by Promóvel, which estimates immediate deals at around US$ 500,000. The fair will take place in Arapongas, in the north of the southern state of Paraná, a furniture pole among the largest in the world, with 550 companies.
Coming from Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Lebanon, and Kuwait, Arab buyers visiting the Couromoda are owners and representatives of companies like RNA Resources Group – Landmark Group, Abdul Ghafoor Amin & Co and Anwar Al-Qatami & Company.
Geovana Pagel São Paulo – The opening ceremony of Couromoda 2004, the largest shoe fair in Latin America, which began on Monday in the southeastern city of São Paulo, was marked by the discussion of a complex theme: the Foreign Trade Board (Camex) decision to reduce export tax on max blue leather from 9% to
The largest shoe sector fashion and business fair in Latin America should receive over 55,000 visits by Brazilian shop owners and importers from over 60 countries. Couromoda is responsible for approximately 25% of annual revenue in the shoe sector, which makes around US$ 7.1 billion a year.
Movelsul is the largest furniture trade fair in Latin America. In the 2004 edition, the fair will receive, for the first time, buyers from Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North, and South Africa. Arab businessmen coming to Brazil are taking the opportunity to visit furniture factories in Brasília.
Up to December 2003 Brazilian export to Africa had to go through Europe and delivery of products took between 45 and 80 days. Now the cargo arrives at its destiny in six days, permitting the sale of perishable products such as fruit, vegetables, eggs, and milk in cartons.
Couromoda Exporter will point out Brazilian companies that are already exporting, the products they make, price ranges, markets reached, international distributors, and other information that may increase the speed and objectivity of communication between importers and exporters.
The company outsources manufacture service with various producers and distributes its line of products to markets like the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
The International Shoes, Sportsgoods and Leathergoods Fair works is an important door of entry for Arab importers interested in Brazilian shoes. In three years, export from the Emirates rose 500%.
