A bureaucratic problem was barring Brazilian exports of thermo processed products in the sector to the Arab country. The theme was discussed during a visit by a Brazilian trade delegation to Algiers.
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The figure is part of the Five-Year Plan for 2010 to 2014, and was presented by the Algerian government to the Brazilian business delegation and Development minister Miguel Jorge in Algiers.
Representatives of Maza group, from Bahrain, and Binca International, from the Emirates, are among the 19 importers to participate in roundtables at the Brazilian Supermarket Association, in Campinas.
The Foreign Trade Board has reduced the tax on 166 items to 2%. The rate used to range from 14% to 18%.
Rak Porcelain, a tableware factory based in the United Arab Emirates, will participate this week in the Equipotel trade show, in the city of São Paulo, and wants an exclusive partner in Brazil.
Mar & Terra sells fish bred in captivity to eight countries in Europe, North America and Asia. Now the company seeks new markets and a distributor in the Middle East.
A decision of the Foreign Trade Board has lifted the tax from October this year until May 2011, for up to 250,000 tonnes of the product.
The minister of Industry of the African country, Awad Al-Jaz, will be in São Paulo and Brasília next week. The main objective is to discuss partnerships in seven sugar and ethanol industry projects.
The Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, should head a delegation to the Arab nations this week. This will be his third mission to the region.
Apex and the Siamfesp launched, in São Paulo, brand Metal Brasil, to help the non-ferrous metal sector to stand out abroad. The Arab market is among the project targets.
During a seminar held this Monday, the state’s Federation of Industries launched a trade mission to the Arab country, due November. The trip will be geared towards construction companies.
Shoe company has already shipped several orders to the Arab world, and now it wants to sell significant volumes to the region again. Myrabel hopes to deal with Arabs at Italian fair Micam this month.
The furniture company based in the Rio Grande do Sul state shipped a 40-foot container to a storeowner in Riyadh last week. Negotiations started at Index, an industry fair held in Dubai in November.
The Brazilian female shoe brand has eleven of its own shops in Arab countries and a project for brand expansion in the region up to 2013. In Dubai alone there are five franchises.

