The decision was made during the visit of a Saudi trade mission to the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo. The delegation, comprised of 16 businessmen, arrived last weekend in São Paulo and is in the Brazilian capital Brasília today. The creation of the business council should help promote business between the two countries.
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Due to contacts made yesterday with Café Canecão, a coffee manufacturer from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, at business roundtables at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Saudi trading companies became interested in importing the commodity from Brazil. The trading companies do not yet operate in the sector. Approximately 80 Brazilian companies participated in business meetings on Monday and yesterday, along with the Saudis who are currently on a trade mission
Around 60 Brazilian companies participated in business roundtables with 16 Saudi businessmen yesterday at the Arab Brazilian Chamber. Vitrolar sold 98 doors to Saudi importer Bo Saad Group Trading. Saudi businessman Khaled A. Al-Hamdan, in turn, wants to open an office in Brazil.
The statement was made by the head of the Saudi delegation currently in Brazil. Businessman Ahmed Suliman Al-Romaih spoke today during a conference at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. According to him, trade between the two regions may grow to reach this value in four years. Bilateral trade between Brazil and Saudi Arabia currently stands at US$ 3.1 billion.
The Central Pharmacy of the Arab country, an institution linked to the Ministry of Health, is launching an international tender for purchase of hospital medication for 2008. Tunisia imports 57.3% of the medication consumed in the country. Interested companies must submit their bids by May 25.
According to a survey conducted by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service and the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, 62.7% of all micro and small businesses in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro are expecting that the Games, to be held in July in the city of Rio de Janeiro, will have a positive impact on business. The city is expecting approximately 600,000 visitors for the event.
The Brazilian Fruit Institute will participate in the Brazilian mission to Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco beginning next week. The goal is to promote national juices and fruit in the region. The three countries do not yet buy large volumes of these products from Brazil, but according to the institute, they have potential for increasing imports.
The Municipal Business Incubation Program, developed by the city of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, currently brings together 11 new companies in the fields of electronics and informatics. They want to take their first steps in the foreign market, and sought the help of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. With products featuring low operational costs, they are betting on their ability to compete with the Chinese.
Abimo is one of the organisations that will participate in a business mission to be promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency to North Africa late this month. According to the international marketing manager at the organisation, Maurício Manfré, one of the objectives is to establish distribution contracts between Brazilian manufacturers and businessmen in the Arab region.
The company from São Paulo does not yet export and is going to take its first steps in that direction at the end of the month. Company director Paulo Roberto Cavalcante will be one of the participants of the mission to Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt that the Arab Brazilian Chamber and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency are going to promote.
Usmatic, a manufacturer of irrigation equipment, wants to establish joint ventures to manufacture its products in the region. The company president will participate in the mission to Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt that the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency will promote late this month.
The minister of Health of the United Arab Emirates, Humait Mohammed Obaid Al Kutami, said that the region must know more about the services that Brazil provides. He met representatives of the Brazil Health Consortium at a medical care conference and exhibition in Dubai. The goal of the consortium is to promote Brazilian services in the health field in foreign countries.
The Brazilian shoe components industry wants to intensify its operations in the region. The consultant at the Brazilian Association of Shoe and Leather Components Industries (Assintecal), Daniel Schnorr, is going to represent eight companies in the sector on a mission that the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will promote to Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt late this month.
