For two years now, Perky Shoes has been exporting espadrilles, a widely worn item in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, to the Arab country. The company is in talks for its client to become a distributor.
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The exhibition will show technologies for composites, polyurethanes and engineering plastics from November 11th to 16th in São Paulo. Middle Eastern businessmen attended previous editions and are also expected this year.
The proposal was made during the visit of an Arab Chamber advisor to the headquarters of the Arab country’s Foreign Investment Promotion Agency.
Executives from the facility will present investment opportunities to Brazilian businessmen during a seminar at the Arab Chamber.
Kebab restaurant franchise Mumtaz brings to Brazil the dish which became popular in Europe. Business partners went abroad to fetch the recipes, machinery and know-how to produce the meal.
The franchise chain serves stuffed potatoes and will open its first units abroad next year, in the United States. The Arab world is being considered for 2016.
The rate has been slashed from 16% to 2% for capital goods, computer products and telecommunications. The list includes 177 newly added product and 75 extended tax breaks.
An advisor from the organization will attend a trade show in Tunis next week and several meetings with trade-, industry- and culture-oriented organizations in the North African country.
Ten Middle Eastern companies have been invited to attend Zero Grau, a shoe an accessories fair due in November in Gramado, in the Brazil’s southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul.
At a meeting at the Arab Chamber, executives discussed the main strategies for fostering exports. The plans include attending the Gulfood industry fair and holding matchmaking events with Arabs.
Architects, engineers and civil construction executives from Brazil’s Santa Catarina state will see construction sites and meet with local executives.
Seven Brazilian companies are participating in the Sweets & Snacks Middle East fair, due from November 9th to 11th. Brazilian confectionery exports to the Middle East grew by 10.3% year-to-date through July.
Brazil’s storage equipment maker will have local suppliers for some of the products it uses in projects in the region. A partner has been selected in Turkey and Arab enterprises are being considered.
The Jaú-based prosthesis manufacturer exports to five Arab countries, but is looking for a partner to centralize its services in the region. The goal is to increase sales.

