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.
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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.
Among the 20 importers who who participated in the event at the Paraná Furniture Fair were companies in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Morocco. There were 402 meetings with 48 producers.
Riva, a maker of household utensils that has been internationally awarded for its product design, exports to four Arab countries. Products in stainless steel and silver are successful in the region.
The talks by Michel Alaby, from the Arab Brazilian Chamber, about business opportunities in the Arab nations generated interest among businessmen from Mato Grosso regarding the region’s potential.
The group, headquartered in Riyadh, should trade the Brazilian company’s entire executive jet portfolio in Saudi Arabia.
Except for sugar, the presence of Brazilian processed food in the region is very small. It is a market that is growing and requires more and more higher value added products, despite the crisis.
Cuiabá and Sinop should have talks about business opportunities with the Arabs. Last year, the state was in seventh in the list of main exporters to the region.
