The company already has an office in the emirate. The first container to enter the warehouse, whose management is outsourced, is scheduled to arrive in the country in a fortnight. The organisation has already managed to make its knives popular in the region and now wants to do the same with other kinds of products it makes.
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Tiling manufacturers, like Parmesa and Mosarte, closed deals at the fair in Dubai. Others, like Brasilit and Cony, are about to do so. The president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Antonio Sarkis Jr., wants to expand Brazilian participation in 2008. To the director of the Big 5, the greater presence of Brazilian companies in fairs in the emirate is evident.
The estimate was presented yesterday by the president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., during a dinner promoted by the organisation in Dubai for Brazilian and Arab businessmen. Ambassador Flávio Sapha claimed that the number of executives travelling between the two countries is on the rise.
Artist Marilza Ramos sold the 38 pictures she took to Index, the largest furniture and decoration fair in the Middle East. Now the company is studying the possibility of establishing a warehouse in Dubai. Formanova closed deals of US$ 60,000. Sarquis Sâmara, in turn, will have a shop at Ibn Batuta shopping centre.
Jebel Ali Free Zone, in the United Arab Emirates, already houses offices and distribution centres for three Brazilian companies. Another three will be present by the end of the year. Companies in the ornamental stones, auto parts and dental equipment fields will start using the premises owned there by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency, which were visited yesterday by the business mission currently in the Gulf.
The mission promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency visited real estate developer Sorouh, in charge of large real estate enterprises in the emirate. The director at the company, Adnan Salhi, stated that it is open to materials from Brazil, as long as they have good quality and pricing.
Brazilian granite manufacturer Guidoni is going to conclude, during the trade show in Dubai, a sale of 3,500 cubic metres of the product to a buyer from the Emirates. WK Trading has received a quotation request for 20 containers of woods. Yesterday, several companies began setting up deals at the fair.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The balance of trade surplus (exports minus imports) stood at US$ 139 million in the fourth week of November, the lowest weekly surplus in the month. From November 19th to 25th, foreign sales totalled US$ 3.5 billion, and foreign purchases stood at US$ 3.361 billion. According to data disclosed today (26th)
Yesterday, during the opening of the Big 5 Show, the minister of Finance and Industry of the Emirates, Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, visited the Brazilian stand. The Arab sheikh expressed admiration for Brazilian construction material, a sector that is the focus of the trade fair. At the Brazilian stand, 29 companies are showcasing their products.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
