Brazilian companies are expecting new clients and buyers from the Arab market during the shoe fair, to be held in São Paulo next week.
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São Paulo-based Novo Mel is negotiating with importers from Dubai to sell its products. The company offers honey ranging from sachets to one-kilogram packages.
Research points out most promising segments for Brazilian manufacturers of household and construction products, such as stones, ceramics, metals and lighting fixtures.
The Brazilian bank is going to open a subsidiary of its brokerage branch in Dubai and a representative office in Abu Dhabi. In an interview to ANBA, the president of Itaú Securities said that he is optimistic regarding the perspective of attracting investors to Brazil.
One of the bets of Titã Eletrocomerciais, which already exports to 11 countries – including Saudi Arabia -, is to invest in the Middle East. The first step will be participation in Gulfood, a fair in the food sector to take place in Dubai.
Exports of Brazilian products to the region reached US$ 380 million in 2007. To the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, the performance is largely due to the participation of companies in the Big 5 Show. This year the organisation and the Apex are going to organise a Brazilian pavilion once again.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency have developed the Dubai Business Centre, where businessmen from Brazil may count on cargo movement, storage, redistribution, packing and commercial intelligence support services.
Robert Lee, executive director at Nakheel Investment Projects, a real-estate development company in the United Arab Emirates, will be one of the speakers at Nordest Invest, a tourist and real estate investment event to take place in the state of Pernambuco (NE Brazil). The executive is going to discuss the experience Dubai has as a global tourist destination.
On May 27th and 28th, five importer companies in the cleaning products sector are going to participate in business roundtables with Brazilian companies. Among them is Al Mobidoon, of the United Arab Emirates, which is looking for detergents and disinfectants. The initiative is promoted by the Brazilian Association of Industries of Cleaning Products and Similar Items and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency.
Cosmetics trade fair Beautyworld Middle East, which ended yesterday in Dubai, should result in US$ 8 million in business deals for companies based in Brazil during the next 12 months. This time, 15 national manufacturers received approximately 600 visitors from all over the world.
The international meeting, Organised by the Palestinian National Authority, will take place from the 21st to the 23rd and is going to focus on the private sector. Approximately 600 businessmen have enrolled to attend the event, in which more than 80 projects in various sectors will be announced.
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.
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.
