Six companies from the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain are in São Paulo to participate in the Apas fair, in the supermarket sector, which starts today and ends on Thursday.
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The president of the Saudi Arabian Investment Authority, Amr Al Dabbagh, will travel late this month to talk to businessmen about projects in his country and look into opportunities in Brazil.
The country plans to invest the funds, both public and private, in the diversification of its economy by 2020. The plan involves the strengthening of three sectors and the construction of four cities.
Biomm, in the biotechnology sector, and Petrobras should sign agreements with Saudi companies on Sunday. One of them involves the production of insulin for trade in the Middle East.
Enterprises such as Petrobras, Marcopolo, Randon, Vale, Odebrecht, Andrade Gutierrez, Sadia and Perdigão should attend business meetings on the sidelines of the president’s trip to the Arab country.
The classification by the World Bank includes 181 international organisations for investment attraction and pointed out the Brazilian Apex, which only lost to the Australian agency.
Sierra, headquartered in Gramado, makes furniture and luxury decorations and exports to over 20 countries, like the Emirates, Algeria and Qatar. This year, the company wants to expand exports by 20%.
The figure was presented by export promotion agency Apex and shows that the segment answers to 10.5% of foreign sales. Apex has a program for encouraging small company exports via trading enterprises.
The thermoplastic division of the Saudi petrochemical company should have a stand at the fair that is taking place this week, in São Paulo.
To promote Brazilian products, the Brazilian Association for Dimension Stones Industry should have a stand with three companies at the Hotel Show, a hotel sector fair to take place late this month.
Sales of the maker of bed, table and bath linen to the United States and EU have dropped due to the crisis. Now the company is seeking participation in emerging markets.
Business roundtables held during the agricultural technology fair, which ended on Saturday, should generate US$ 12 million for Brazilian companies. Among Arab buyers, a Sudanese placed an order.
The São Paulo-based manufacturer, which exports plastic household utensils to approximately 30 countries, is developing a sales expansion plan for nations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The Egyptian minister of industry and Trade, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, declared that he intends to return to Brazil this year with a delegation of businessmen. He received the Chamber president in Cairo.
