Exports by company Pegada (Footprint in Portuguese) to Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman and the United Arab Emirates grew 120% in four years. The company ships 20% of its daily production of 5,000 shoes abroad. As the company target is to increase sales by 10% in 2006, they are going to invest in participation in foreign fairs, like Motexha, in Dubai.
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The Brazilian government is going to promote between November 20 and 22 a business mission to Algeria. The objective is to reduce the trade balance deficit with the Arab country, which reached US$ 1.8 billion in the first nine months of 2005. Large companies like Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer and Randon, a maker of trailers and semi-trailers, have already confirmed their presence in the delegation.
Abirochas is going to participate in the Big 5 Show, the largest construction material fair in the Middle East, to take place in the United Arab Emirates in November. According to the president of the organization, the Arab market has potential to import the products. "It is a promising market with high buying power," stated Sérgio Azeredo.
So as to stimulate exports to the Middle East and North Africa, industries in the furniture hub in Arapongas, in the interior of the state of Paraná, are going to participate in the Index fair, in Dubai. Eighteen companies connected to the Conex-Furniture Brasil consortium, plus companies Moval and Poquema, have already confirmed presence at the fair.
Ruette Spice, an exporter from the city of Campinas, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, supplies black pepper and clove to Arab countries like Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Mauritania and Lebanon. The company works exclusively with the foreign market and traded 7,400 tonnes of pepper and 2,200 tonnes of clove in 2004.
Laura Marchi developed rings and necklaces using Brazilian stones to exhibit at Jewellery Arabia, the fair to take place in Bahrain, in November. This will be the first time that Deca Comercial, which owns brand Laura Marchi, is going to participate in a fair in the Arab world.
Accompanied by businessmen, the minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, is going to be in the Arab country between November 20 and 22. This week the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) is going to organize a preparatory workshop for the trip.
The first business of the Jaci furniture factory in the Middle East took place in 2003, but sales to the region only took off after participation in Index, the furniture fair in the Emirates, last year. The company is therefore going to participate in the fair again in November this year, and it hopes to multiply exports.
Estobel, a maker of sofas and armchairs, exports 7% of production to the countries in the Mercosur and Central America and to Portugal and Greece. The company target is to increase foreign sales to around 20%. One of the strategies is participation in the Index furniture fair, to take place in the United Arab Emirates, in November.
To expand their markets, Antigua, which already exports 60% of their production, will participate at the Big 5 Show, which will take place in November in the United Arab Emirates. The idea is to find a distributor in the region.
Fiamma, a jewellery producer, is going to participate in Jewellery Arabia, the jewellery sector fair to take place between November 23 and 27, for the second time. The company hopes to increase sales to the region from 15% to 20% of total company exports.
BRV Móveis already sells to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. The company target is to elevate Arab market participation to 15% of total exports. In November, the company is going to participate in the Index fair, in Dubai, for the second time. The objective is to expand the number of clients in the region.
Braminas exports 40% of its red granite production to the Arab country, which has been buying from the company for over 20 years. So as to win new markets in the region, the company is going to participate in the Big 5 Show, in November, in the United Arab Emirates.
Global Era, in the southeastern Brazilian capital of São Paulo, started operating one month ago and has as its main markets of operation the Asian and Arab countries. The idea is to provide consulting and training for those interested in exporting, apart from helping in the negotiations themselves.
