The information was supplied by a member of the board of executives at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hisham Abdullah Al Shirawi. According to him, Brazil is the 33rd largest trade partner of the emirate. Yesterday, Al Shirawi received leaders of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, with whom he discussed how to increase this relation even further.
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Aware of the global demand for ecologically correct products, Korin has launched the first frozen organic chicken. The animals are fed organically, without antibiotics, hormones and growth promoters. A small part of the produce is turned to the domestic market, but the main focus is exports.
Paula Dib is a different designer. Her work is helping impoverished communities around Brazil to develop products out of disposable residues, improving traditional handicraft techniques and even promoting these creations around the world. In 2006, she won award Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year, in England – and this only made her work more sought by companies, NGOs, city halls, etc.
The Big 5 Show, the building industry fair that is the third largest in the world, begins today. The Brazilian space should include 29 companies. Among the Brazilian exhibitors, the forecast is to close deals and also find partners to distribute products in the Gulf countries.
Marcus Vinícius Pratini de Moraes, president at the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association and former minister of Agriculture of Brazil, stated at the National Foreign Trade Meeting, that the scenery is favourable for Brazilian companies to produce in other countries. He mentioned the example of Sadia, which will have factories in Russia and in the United Arab Emirates. Pratini also pointed out the current importance of markets in the Middle East and North Africa.
The owners of real estate units in The Pearl, a luxury residential island under construction in the capital of Qatar, include Brazilians. The information was obtained yesterday, during a visit to the project by the construction sector mission from Brazil to the Gulf. The group sought information on how to supply construction material to the works on the island, which is receiving investment of US$ 13.9 billion.
The Qatari Businessmen Association is going to promote, in October next year, a conference for Arab businessmen and descendents living away from their region of origin. The aim is to exchange experiences. The information was supplied by the general director at the organisation, Bassam Massouh, who met with Arab Brazilian Chamber representatives yesterday in Doha.
This statement was made yesterday (22) by the president at the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), Alessandro Teixeira, at the National Foreign Trade Meeting (Enaex). The agency should have the emirate and Egypt among its priority markets for 2008. The executive secretary at the Ministry of Development of Brazil, Ivan Ramalho, pointed out that trade with the Arabs has been growing above the national average.
The time for Qatar to invest in Brazil is coming. This opinion was disclosed to ANBA by Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kuwari, member of the executive committee at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Arab country, after meeting the Brazilian trade delegation visiting Doha. Qatar has invested US$ 60 billion around the world in two years.
Real estate company Malbanee, from Kuwait, is building the second phase of shopping centre The Avenues, and is open to buying construction material from Brazil. Construction sites were visited by the Brazilian trade delegation in the sector that was in the Arab country. The manager at the shopping centre, Abdulaziz Alhomaibi, claimed that he would also like to house Brazilian fashion stores.
The statement was made by Abdulwahab Mohammed Al-Wazzan, director at the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry and president at the Kuwait International Bank. He believes that trade between Brazil and his country has a prospect of rapid growth.
Bioessens intends to expand its client list next year. Among the markets to be prospected are the Arab countries. All varieties of propolis made by the brand are picked in wild areas to avoid contamination. Apart from that, the company has its own laboratory equipped to do microbiological and physical and chemical analysis for the development of the products.
