In a panel promoted at the Encomex, Rodrigo Solano, from the Arab Brazilian Chamber, pointed out high per capita income as an important factor making the Arab market attractive to Brazilian companies.
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Brazil should present, on November 2nd, investment opportunities in agribusiness at a seminar in Riyadh. This is a beginning of closer ties with countries lacking productive land but with food demand.
Managers of the main energy companies and investment funds in the Emirates visited Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and São Paulo to learn about the potential of sectors in each state.
The country is elaborating a new investment law and should promote, starting on October 30th, a conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships. Foreign investors are expected.
Over 300 Brazilian companies have already got halal certification, guaranteeing the presence of their products in the Muslim countries.
Brazilian companies participating in the food sector fair in Germany returned with good sales perspectives, totalling US$ 1 billion. Some of the importers with which contacts were made were Arab.
Brazilian company Gomes da Costa sold 300,000 cans of tuna to the Arab country, for the value of US$ 250,000. The products should be sent in three shipments.
The Arab country is among the markets that the Brazilian plastic industry aims to reach between 2010 and 2011. The sector expects to reach US$ 2.2 billion in exports.
Shopping centre Ajman City Centre, in the Emirates, has just got a franchise of the Brazilian shoe brand. The company, which already exports to the Emirates, has a new partnership in the country.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce promotes on Thursday a workshop for presentation of the Arab market to Brazilian businessmen. Participation is free of charge.
Company Sapatoterapia, based in the city of Franca, sells its shoes to 12 clients in the Arab country and to other importers in Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait.
The maker of turbo chargers for vehicles will have an exclusive distributor in Iraq: Awad Hatem Melajy & Sons Trading FZCO. The contract should be signed next week in the interior of São Paulo.
Company Cláudio Vogel is going to ship four containers to Saudi Arabia. The deal was closed at Saudi Build, in Riyadh. Most of the Brazilian companies that participated closed deals.
The Arab countries in the region expanded their imports from Brazil by 6% from January to September this year. Brazil is performing well in sales of sugar, supplied to the continent.
