The Brazilian company that produces organic coffee plans to win the foreign market and is betting on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The first load to be shipped to the region, with its date undefined up to now, should total 100 kilograms. The company produces around 1,500 kilograms of coffee a month.
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The Brazilian company Ferrucci shipped 10,000 pairs of shoes last year to the chain of stores Shoe Mart, which has about 100 points of sales in the Gulf countries. As well as strengthening their partnership with the chain in 2005, the shoe manufacturer from the city of Jaú also plans on exploring the Omani market, to which they sent a test order in 2004. Ferrucci is looking for a trade representative in the region.
Stand organised by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) and the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency (Apex) will have 11 Brazilian companies in various sectors. The trade show starts next Tuesday (15), it is one of the most important in North Africa and attracts importers from various countries.
The Horeca, an exhibition of products and services for hotels, restaurants, buffets and supermarkets, is scheduled for April 5 to 8, in Beirut. Brazilian companies interested in participating are enlisting at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
SCA, from the city of Bento Gonçalves, in Rio Grande do Sul, inaugurated a space in Dubai in the month of January and already has various requests for price estimates. At the site, the company has a Brazilian architect, who is responsible for training the labour and developing projects for the region. The company, which has 140 stores in Brazil and ten abroad, produces 3,500 products a day and exports 20% of this total.
IT has developed ARABtoBRASIL, a kind of personalized travel package that takes into consideration the characteristics of each one of the Arab countries. The programs are for Brazilians who visit the countries in the Middle East and North Africa on business, and for Arabs visiting Brazil. IT, which is based in the city of Barueri, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, is an official operator for Reed Exhibitions and Messe Frankfurt, two of the largest event organizers in the world.
Abimo, an organization that represents the sector, took 40 Brazilian companies to Arab Health, a fair that took place in Dubai last week. Participation should generate deals of US$ 11.2 million in the next 12 months. In May, a delegation of companies is travelling on a trade mission to Saudi Arabia, where they will participate in business meetings with Arab importers and in the Saudi Health Care fair.
The group participated in meetings with around 100 Arab businessmen last week. The trade mission was part of the schedule of the tour taken by the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, to ten countries in the region. Amorim ended the tour on Saturday, after meeting Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who confirmed his participation in the Arab-South American Summit, scheduled for May.
The activities of the delegation that travelled to the Middle East to promote trade relations between Brazil and the region began today. Representatives of 17 companies, financial institutions and national organizations are going to participate, up to Wednesday, in business roundtables and seminars in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. According to Antônio Sarkis Jr., president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, the trip is also going to serve the purpose of identifying businessmen interested in c
The guide prepared by the Brazilian Halal Food Centre (Cibal) was prepared to explain to exporters and importers the workings of halal slaughter. The centre started operating in 1974, when a greater number of Brazilian companies started exporting to the Middle East. Now the organization does service for 55 companies. Among these companies is Perdigão, which has a model halal slaughter unit in Videira (in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina). At the site they have a mosque, a sheikh an
After participating in the business roundtables in São Paulo, the delegation left for the city of Foz do Iguaçu yesterday, where they met with representatives of the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná (Fiep). Today the group is going to visit the waterfalls.
Incomaq, from the city of Caxias do Sul, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, produces 30,000 items a month and already sells to the United State and Russia. The line of products includes condiment and paper towel holders, baskets for planned kitchens and shoe holders for inbuilt cupboards.
The document was signed yesterday by the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., and by Thabet Taher, secretary general of the federation, which represents sector associations in 11 Arab countries. According to the text, the two parties committed to exchange economics information, to advise businessmen interested in bilateral trade, to promote investment opportunities, and to promote tourism, among other actions.
This will be the greatest Brazilian participation at the Biotech 2005, which will take place in Germany between the 24th and 27th of February. Brazil was chosen among five countries as the theme of the event.
