The Amazon Hands company, from Tocantins, manufactures handicraft products, such as purses and lampshades, using certified wood. The pieces have been exported to France, Saudi Arabia and the United States. The work generates income and development for the region.
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Five craftsmen from the outskirts of São Paulo make a living out of the art of marquetry, using pieces of wood found on the streets, and donations from furniture stores and carpentry shops. The result is boxes, lampshades, and even tables that are already for sale in the city. In addition to selling their pieces, the group has created a workshop to form new artisans in the community.
The National Confederation of Industries (CNI) has transformed the International Business Centres of state federations into a network that covers the whole of the country. They execute commercial promotion actions and provide consultancy services and businessman training. Now they are going after foreign partners for projects in Brazil.
Taedda, based in the city of Sergés, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, was established to be a factory for furniture export. After six months selling to Europe, the company now wants to explore the national market better. Foreign trade, however, has not been forgotten. In 2007, the group should start selling to Angola and the United Arab Emirates.
Naturovos, a company from the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul that produces chicken eggs, started exporting to the Arab market in February 2006 and currently turns 25% of foreign sales to Dubai, Qatar and Oman.
The Aspin system, developed and patented by a technician in electricity and hydraulics, is a system for purification of smokes and gases that reduces the emission of industrial CO and CO2 by 98%. The system may be adapted for use in industrial chimneys of any size, as it is a custom project.
The 24th Khartoum International Fair is scheduled to take place between January 24 and February 02. The fair is multi-sectorial and brings together exhibitors from various countries. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is registering companies interested in participating. Sudan is growing fast due to the production of oil.
Brazilian companies are seeking foreign investment for tourist and real estate enterprises, as well as buyers for holiday real estate. Ongoing projects in the region amount to between R$ 5 billion (US$ 2.3 billion) and R$ 6 billion (US$ 2.8 billion).
The food, leather and shoe sectors should receive special attention from the Brazil-Tunisia Business Council in 2007. This was one of the matters discussed between the marketing vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Rubens Hannun, and group representatives in Tunisia last month.
Foreign purchases of food have a turnover of around US$ 5 billion a year. To the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, who is in Tripoli, this is one of the sectors that presents the greatest business potential in the Arab country for Brazilian companies.
The bank should inaugurate its office in Dubai in the first half of 2007. One of the objectives, according to the foreign trade director at the institution, Nilo Panazzolo, is to attract investment to the Brazilian capital goods market.
After a talk by the secretary general of the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, yesterday at Vale do Rio Sinos University (Unisinos), businessmen from the shoe sector sought Alaby for further information. The talk was part of the 4th edition of the Regional Foreign Trade Meeting, promoted by Unisinos and by the Bank of Brazil.
The 26th edition of the National Conference on Foreign Trade will take place today and tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro. The reduction of bureaucracy, financing, investment, logistics and service exports are some of the subjects to be discussed. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will have a stand to show the potential of the Arab countries.
