Group UMG, from the United Arab Emirates, is building a furniture sales and distribution centre, covering an area of over 12,000 square metres. The centre is in Jebel Ali Free Zone and the plan is to attract Brazilian companies.
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Company Alibra, based on the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, a maker of dairy products and powdered food mixes, aims to expand sales in the foreign market. The first country to be visited this year will be the United Arab Emirates, as the company is going to participate in the Gulfood, a trade fair for the food industry to be held in late February.
The market has grown 21.4% in comparison with 2006, and around 8 million desktop computers and almost 2 million notebooks were sold. The figures are by the Brazilian Electrical and Electronics Industry Association.
Trading company Pacific Comercial of São Paulo represents four Brazilian makers of toast, biscuits, sweets and cakes. In the past, Pacific exported to Arab nations, but now it wants to rewin the market at Gulfood, the food sector fair in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Naguib Sawiris, the owner of Orascom Telecom and the richest man in Africa, tried to buy part of Brasil Telecom last year. The deal was not closed, but the businessman is still aware of investment opportunities in the country. In an interview to ANBA he also spoke about the development of the Egyptian economy that, in his opinion, has come to stay.
The minister of Industry of the African country, Ali Ahmed Osman, pointed out the technology used in production of agricultural commodities, poultry and cattle beef and demonstrated interest in promoting a trade mission to Brazil. He met yesterday with the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby.
Aptha and Hix, small companies that specialise in technological solutions turned to the logistics market and to management intelligence projects, are seeking business opportunities in the Middle East.
Cacique, the owner of the traditional instant coffee brand, wants to establish a long-lasting partnership in the region. It is with this objective in mind that the company is going to participate in the Gulfood, the food sector fair to take place in the Emirates in February. The company has been exporting to the Arab world for two decades.
The Dan Fodio Holding is seeking suppliers of agricultural equipment, especially for sugarcane planting and harvesting. The Kuwaiti Sudanese Holding Company wants to form partnerships for investing in the Arab country. The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, met yesterday with representatives of both groups.
Christian Barbosa, the export manager at Itatiaia, a maker of furniture, met yesterday with a representative of a large company from the Arab country at the Arab Brazilian Chamber stand at Khartoum International Fair. Up to the end of the event, Barbosa should meet with the director at the Arab company.
Yesterday, on the first day of Khartoum International Fair, Sudanese, Saudi and Egyptian businessmen showed interest in importing Brazilian coffee, paper, plastic and soy oil. The Arab Brazilian Chamber stand was visited by the vice president of Sudan, Ali Osman Taha.
The document contains detailed information about 5,004 companies operating in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná – of which 1,300 are exporters and 1,000 are importers –, and will be available to interested parties in Brazil and abroad also on the internet, in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The leading trade fair for the shoe sector in Brazil, the International Shoes, Sportsgoods and Leathergoods Fair (Couromoda) generated a turnover of 6 billion reals (US$ 3.3 billion) in business deals during its four days, ending on Thursday (17th). The turnover was 11% greater than recorded in the 2007
Itacitrus, an exporter from the city of Itajobi, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, already exports limes to countries in the European Union and Canada. Eyeing the business opportunities the company plans to enter the United Arab Emirates in the near future. In February, the company agent in Europe is going to participate in food sector fair Gulfood, in Dubai.
