To the director at Couromoda, the International Shoes, Sportsgoods and Leathergoods Fair, Jeferson Santos, the sector needs to work with medium and high end products to compete on the foreign market and cope with the appreciation of the Brazilian real against the dollar. One of the markets with purchase potential is the Arab.
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Companies Via Uno and Piccadilly hope to receive Arab clients during the 35th Couromoda, the shoe sector fair that began in São Paulo yesterday (14). Of the exports by Piccadilly, 10% go to the region. Via Uno, in turn, which has five shops in the Emirates, sees the market as more and more promising.
Meetings will be held in the United Arab Emirates and in Algeria to discuss business and investment opportunities, counting on the participation of public and private sector representatives from several nations. Both countries have ambitious investment plans for the coming years.
Ceratti, a traditional Brazilian maker of mortadella, has developed a light mortadella that, since 2005, has been certified halal by the Muslim Federation. The stamp has already guaranteed growth of 35% in the volume of company sales of the product.
Brazilian companies interested in the Arab market of North Africa will have an opportunity this month. From January 23rd to February 1st, Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, will host the 25th edition of the Khartoum International Fair. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will have a stand for companies interested in sending promotional material or small samples.
The idea of the organisers of the Revestir tile fair, the largest in Latin America, is to promote an architecture and construction forum about the emirate. Anfacer, the organisation responsible for the event, aims at bringing representatives from Jebel Ali Port, in the United Arab Emirates, to the fair.
Companies and natural people interested in participating in the commercial fishing season this year must register with the Algerian government by January 31st. The field is still under-explored in the country, despite its lengthy coastline and wide variety of fish.
Oliveira Group, responsible for brand New Line, has developed a disposable product that is more hygienic in caring for nails and feet. The company entered the European market one year ago and now seeks distributors in the Arab market. Currently, 40% of production is exported.
Kosper, a company based in Niterói, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, has been operating on the medication and hospital product market for ten years. Now the company wants to start operating in the world of exports and also to intermediate business between Brazilian and Arab companies. The organisation is also specialised in tenders.
The decorative articles made by sisters Ana Maia and Rosa Piatti attracted the attention of businessmen and architects in the last edition of the Index furniture fair in the Middle East, which took place in November in the United Arab Emirates. It was at the event that a businesswoman from Dubai showed interest in opening a showroom with the work by the designers.
Omnis Sélix, based in Juiz de Fora, is exploring two ore mines in Bahia. The bet to start exports to the Middle East is mainly barite and bentonite, greatly used in exploration of oil. Apart from mining, the group plans to invest in a ceramic tile factory in the city of Paraíba do Sul, in Rio de Janeiro.
The Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association is going to organise promotional events in Saudi Arabia, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia in 2008. The Middle East is currently the third largest market for beef from Brazil.
Investors from the Middle East will have their capital invested in enterprises in the country by means of a fund established by real estate developer Tishman Speyer. The company is based in the United States and has raised 1.2 billion reals (US$ 666 million) to invest in Brazil.
Reyadh Nassir Hanna has just set up a foreign trade office in Amman and plans to own another business in the United Arab Emirates by March 2008. He is going to sell products from Brazil, such as meat, juice, shoes, furniture, building material and jeans.
