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.
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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.
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.
