Producer of bovine and pork meats and processed products, Estrela Alimentos, company created in 1979 in the interior of the state of São Paulo, has 80% of their exports directed to the Arab market. Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt are the main destinations.
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Francal, shoes and fashion accessories fair, is going to gather 1,000 exhibitors as of tomorrow in São Paulo. Amongst the Arab importers, are representatives from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Exports from the shoes sector yielded US$ 1.8 billion last year. Brazil sells to 123 countries, including 12 Arab nations.
A representative of the group Eta Ascon, based in Dubai, will be in São Paulo next week looking for companies interested in opening stores in the country. According to the secretary-general at the Arab Chamber, Michel Alaby, as well as the entity, he will visit companies like Patachou, Hering and the barbecue restaurant Montana.
Isaura Daniel* São Paulo – The Brazilian companies interested in opening franchises in the Arab world should speak to the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex). According to information given today (29) to ANBA by the project manager in the international events unit at Apex, Monique Sallas, the agency is listing the companies interested
Isaura Daniel* São Paulo – Brazilian franchises went from yearly revenues of US$ 10.5 billion in 2001 to US$ 15.6 billion last year. The information was presented today (29) by the Relationship manager at the Brazilian Franchising Association (ABF), Rogério Feijó, in the seminar "The Ways to Internationalisation of Franchises in the Arab World", in
Meeting at the Arab Brazilian Chamber is going to show the ways to the internationalisation of companies. This is the result of a partnership between the Chamber, the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency and the Brazilian Franchising Association, and will have continuity with other actions held in the Arab world.
Ferraz Brasil, company from the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, exports granite to Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Amongst the rocks most sought for by the Arabs are yellow, green and blue granite, the latter being one of the favourites.
IACB Intercrop, from São Paulo, directs 70% of their sales to the region and wishes to double their business. For such, they opened an office in Tunis, in partnership with a local businessman, and plan on opening offices also in Dubai and Sudan.
The exhibitors from Egypt who participated at Hospitalar, fair of medical equipments which took place in São Paulo, are promising to come back for the next edition of the exhibit, have signed a cooperation agreement with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and hired a professional to care for the registration of Egyptian products in the Brazilian market.
Corgett, an industry of silver and gold-plated jewellery, is going to open an office in Amman at the end of the month of July. Apart from distributing company products on the Arab world, the office is going to coordinate door-to-door sales. Corgett intends to have around 1,000 people making direct sales of its products in the country.
Biomedica Engineering, which imports and distributes medical and hospital equipment in Egypt, is seeking a supplier in Brazil who may be interested in establishing a future industrial partnership. Company director, Ahmed Mostafa Salem, is participating in business roundtables at the Hospitalar, the medical sector fair, in São Paulo.
A delegation of 16 Egyptian companies in the medical and hospital sector that is participating in the Hospitalar, the largest medical sector fair in Latin America, wants to establish an agreement with the organization to make possible the licensing of products in Brazil.
Egyptian exports of sector products, which go to Europe, the Middle East and the United States, exceed US$ 60 million a year. Now the Arab country wants to win the Brazilian market. For this reason, 17 Egyptian companies in the sector are going to participate, starting today, in fair Hospitalar, which goes on up to Friday, in the southeastern Brazilian capital of São Paulo.

