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.
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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.
The owner of oyster farm Fazenda Marinha Ostravagante, in the city of Florianópolis, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, Paulo Constantino, is counting down the days until he starts making foreign sales. According to him, people from all over the world are interested in his produce. The mollusk produced in the state is the Crassostrea gigas, known as the Pacific Oyster. The state is responsible for 95% of national production of the species.
The main fair in the food sector in the Middle East, which takes place in Dubai, will include a stand set up by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, with 12 companies. Another 23 – in the sectors of cattle beef, chicken and fruit – will have their own spaces or are going to exhibit with sectorial associations.
Geometric forms, live colours and symmetry in the designs. These are the similarities of the canvases and panels painted by artist Susana Barros using the millenary Egyptian and Islamic art. The fascination for Arab culture took the artist to Egypt to study and understand this art better. Nowadays she aims at taking her work outside the country.
