The Brazilian shoe factory, which produces 500,000 pairs a day, already exports to nine Arab countries. Negotiations with Libyan and Sudanese distributors began in late January.
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Lopas, based in the city of Rodeiro, Minas Gerais, has already shipped samples and visited potential clients in the Arab country. The company already exports to Africa, Latin America and Europe.
Gilberto Kassab should arrive in Lebanon on Sunday. Apart from learning about the project for reconstruction of the city, he should also meet with Lebanese businessmen and potential investors.
The governor of São Paulo, José Serra, took a delegation to the emirate to invite Arab businessmen to invest in infrastructure, food and energy projects in the state.
This estimate is by the 12 Brazilian companies that participated in the stand organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and Ministry of Agriculture at the largest food sector fair in the Middle East.
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.
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.
