Buyers from Libya, the Emirates and Saudi Arabia visited several Brazilian stands at the Brazilian Tile and Stone Exhibition, in São Paulo. Tiles and ceramic flooring were the most sought products.
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Brazilian space at Cairo International Fair received businessmen in the sector interested in importing ornamental stone.
The Brazilian Tile and Stone Exhibition, which begins today in São Paulo, should receive buyers from over 40 countries, among them the Emirates, Libya and Saudi Arabia.
The president at Nossa Caixa Development, Milton de Melo Santos, visited the Chamber yesterday seeking contact with institutions from the Arab world that are willing to fund small companies.
After contacts at the Gulfood, the food producer is going to export cake mix and pasta to the Emirates. Other countries in the region are also negotiating with the company.
The two countries are among those to have growth of over 3% in consumption of furniture this year, according to an Italian study. Brazil aims at a share of this market, according to the Abimóvel.
Businessmen visiting the country’s stand at Cairo Fair say that Brazilian companies do serious work. The exhibition results in contacts with enterprises from other countries, such as Angola and India.
The financial crisis has left traditional exporters incapable of supplying the demand. Businessmen who visited the Brazilian stand at Cairo Fair see in the country an alternative.
BS Colway, from the state of Paraná, deactivated its retreaded tyre factory last year and is engaged in talks in order to transfer its factory park to other countries, among them Syria and Libya.
In the first day of the event, over 60 people visited the stand seeking information on exporters and importers of foodstuffs, medical-hospital products and wood.
Ten companies in the sector closed deals at the International Dentistry Fair and Conference, promoted in Dubai last week. The sales perspective is for the next 12 months.
Investment of the Petrobras subsidiary should be turned to expansion of its service portfolio and, according to the company business plan, should take place from 2009 to 2013.
The figure is part of a Brazilian Export Promotion Agency survey showing Brazilian companies business opportunities in the segment. The Emirates is the most promising market in the region.
Dairy company Itambé’s trading unit conquered 20 new importers in the Middle East and North Africa after participating in two business fairs. The African continent is the largest market.
