Egyptian Traders Company, from Cairo, is one of the 25 food and beverage buyers to participate today and tomorrow in the business roundtables at the Brazilian Supermarket Convention, in São Paulo.
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A container of mineral and coconut water, juice and soft drinks should be shipped to the Arab country this month. Contact between companies was made in May at the Apas fair, in São Paulo.
Buyers in the Middle East who participated in the business roundtables promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, in São Paulo, made positive contacts and believe they should start importing from Brazil.
Food, ceramics, decoration and paper towels were some of the items that the Middle Eastern importers at the Equipotel showed interest in buying from Brazil.
The Ministry of Tourism’s forecast takes into account that, in Brazil, the sector suffered less with the crisis than in other countries. The Accor Group is investing in 15 new projects.
Arab importers in São Paulo, at the invitation of the Arab Chamber, get their first impressions of Brazilian industry. Today and tomorrow they participate in business roundtables at Equipotel.
The minister of Tourism should attend a trade fair for the industry in Japan. Besides, Brazil is now hosting the 2nd South American Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference, which started today (14th).
Trade fair Nova Equipotel, one of the five largest in the sector, should bring together over 1,000 hotel and food industry exhibitors. The event will have business roundtables with Arab importers.
The director of Interworld Foods, Abdul Rahiman, had over 30 meetings with fruit producers in São Paulo. Watermelon, melon and assai were the products that most interested the buyer.
The commercial consul of Egypt, Mahmoud Mazhar, who is in Minas Gerais, presented the Arab country as a tourist destination, attractive to investment and with ease for foreign trade.
A study by the Global Investment House, from Kuwait, shows that the Saudi real estate sector should grow 5% to 7% a year to 2012. The country needs 1.5 million housing units.
The director of Interworld Foods, Abdul Rahima, is visiting Fruit & Log, a fruit and vegetable fair held in the city of São Paulo. He wants to gain better knowledge of Brazilian grape production.
Among the 18 international buyers to participate in the Febrava business roundtables is a company from the Emirates that is interested in importing air conditioners and cooling systems.
The first edition of the fair, which ends on Thursday at the Expo Center Norte, plans to attract producers, processors, exporters, distributors and importers from all over the world.
