Feiarte, which starts today in the city of Curitiba (S Brazil), features handicraft from 32 different countries and 15 Brazilian states. Vases, glasses, narghiles, marquetry boxes, table towels, cushions and various adornments typical of Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco and the Emirates will be available at the event.
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Flor dos Hibiscus (Hibiscus Flower), based in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, wants a partner, especially in the Arab world, to help expand production and win the foreign market. The brand produces and trades foods based on hibiscus flowers, which are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Opportunities in service trade between Brazil and the Emirates were among the high points of the seminar about bilateral relations that took place in Rio de Janeiro. Also yesterday, within the new Production Development Policy, the government of Brazil announced measures to benefit sector exports.
The event is scheduled to take place this afternoon at the offices of the National Trade Confederation in Rio de Janeiro. Apart from trade relations, matters like investment, infrastructure, energy and tourism should also be discussed with diplomats, representatives of public organisations and company executives.
The premises will feature music, gastronomy, coffee, jewellery, fashion and handicraft from Brazil, and will aim to attract the attention of importers at Beautyworld Middle East, a beauty sector fair that should take place from May 18th to 20th. The country will also have a stand counting on the presence of 15 national companies.
The National Treasury securities will be placed on the European, United States and Asian markets, and will mature in 2017. This is the first issue by the Brazilian federal government since June last year.
More than gaining new markets, the mission that the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture is going to promote to Egypt, Algeria and Iran, in June, aims at broadening the range of goods sold. The three countries are large importers of foodstuffs from Brazil, but business is focussed on a few products.
The Ministry of Agriculture itinerary also includes Iran. The trip should take place in June, but next week there should be a meeting in São Paulo with the companies interested in participating.
DL Mato Grosso is going to place on the foreign market, between the end of this year and the next, sugar free fondues, bonbons and chocolate bars made by them. The main focus should be the hospitality and deli market in the Arab world.
Makaseb is interested in investing in the food area in the country and in finding an engineering and building company prepared to sign a partnership for the transfer of know-how. Executives from the institution visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber on Friday.
The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency launched a programme to encourage foreign sales by small- and medium-sized industries through foreign trade companies. The United Arab Emirates are one of five strategic markets. The actions should follow the model of the business mission to North Africa, promoted in partnership with the Arab Brazilian Chamber in 2007.
The measure published yesterday reduces the import fee from 10% to 2% and the objective is to guarantee supply to the canned product industry. It also benefits fish exporters, among them Morocco, the main supplier to Brazil.
The São Paulo Stock Exchange and other institutions are going to promote a seminar about Brazilian capital markets in Dubai next week. Through actions like this one, greater interest of the Arabs is expected, as has already happened with Asian investors.
The government of the country has reduced or eliminated tariffs on a series of products, including certain types of food, some construction materials, some industrial inputs, paper and cooling equipment, among others.
