The Halal Slaughtering Group, based in São Paulo, has established a cooperation agreement with the National Independent Halaal Trust, the main halal certifier of South Africa.
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CIS, a company that produces solutions for banking and commercial automation, has just closed a deal with the Tunisian Infonet Services. The first sale was for document readers.
In the previous Idex, in the defence sector, which takes place in the United Arab Emirates, just two Brazilian companies had exhibited. In this edition, four companies showed their products.
The director general of the Dubai Chamber, Hamad Buamim, said his country wants to take a trade delegation to São Paulo to learn about the food and building sectors.
Al Ghurair Foods, a company in Al Ghurair Investments, wants to double its egg production capacity and should send representatives to Brazil to buy machinery.
Last year, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued 9,700 certificates of origin for companies in the food industry. The products were shipped to 83 countries.
Vittal, in the juice and cold drink sector, and trading company Pacific, of sweets, cakes and biscuits each closed deals for shipment of a container to Dubai, where the fair is taking place.
The largest food sector fair in the Middle East, which begins in Dubai today, should have five Brazilian pavilions. In the 14th edition, there should be over 3,300 companies from 75 countries.
The event promoted by the Apex in Dubai was positive for Brazilian companies. New Max, for example, received an order from 1,440 cans of powdered soy milk from a Saudi company.
Over 100 businessmen in the Middle East participated in Dubai in the opening of event Flavours from Brazil, organized by the Apex, whose objective is promotion of Brazilian products in the region.
Arab Bank, one of the largest in the region, offers credit for trade operations between Brazil, the Middle East and North Africa. Bank executives say the institution has liquidity despite the crisis.
Six companies should participate in the Flavours from Brazil event, in the Emirates, with the objective of expanding sales to the Arabs. The producers should have meetings with buyers in the region.
Bela Iaçá, with a factory in Pará, already exports assai pulp to the United States, Canada and Japan. Now the target is to win new markets, among them the countries of the Middle East.
At the Brazilian stand at Gulfood, which begins next week, five companies are going to show their dairy products to the Arabs. All of them already export and want to increase sales to the region.
