The Brazilian Agency for International Business represents companies in sectors such as food, cosmetics, slaughterhouses, and agriculture commodities when prospecting new markets for exports. The mineral water company Ouro Fino, for example, is represented by the agency and wishes to sell to the Arab market.
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Various companies from Morocco that participated in the meeting with Brazilian companies on Friday, at the offices of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, want to establish joint-ventures to invest in the Arab country and in Brazil. Various contacts were made in various sectors, like tourism, agriculture, food industry and transport.
The leader of the delegation of Moroccan businessmen who visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) for a business roundtable, said that the trade relationship between the two countries should go beyond buying and selling. Mourad Cherif spoke to the group who attended the opening of the meeting about the fields that are growing in his country and that could take Brazilian investments. Amongst these are the tourism, telecommunications, construction and agriculture sectors.
Yesterday (25) Transpetro released the edict for the construction of 42 vessels. The tender is strategic for Brazil, which has a great demand for ships, and for Petrobras, which uses around 110 tankers, 60 rented from foreign companies. The tender is going to generate investment in shipyards and should revitalize the Brazilian naval industry. The companies have up to the end of January to deliver their proposals.
In all, 12 Moroccan businessmen, headed by the minister of Trade of the Arab country, Salah Eddine Mezouar, are going to be in São Paulo to participate in business roundtables. The meeting will be taking place in parallel to the visit Moroccan king Mohammed VI is making to Brazil. The king is going to meet Brazilian president Lula in Brasília today.
This is the opinion of Pedro Motta, head of the Africa department at the Itamaraty, the Brazilian Foreign Office. The king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, will be arriving in Brazil today, and tomorrow will sign a framework agreement with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so as to begin negotiations for a tariff preference agreement with the Mercosur, the common market of southern South America. According to the diplomat, as the Arab country already has accords with the EU and the USA, Braz
Magic Brazil, which brings together seven companies from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, is participating in Big 5, the largest construction fair in the Middle East, which takes place in the United Arab Emirates, for the second time. Another four Brazilian business groups, among them Coopslate, from Minas Gerais state, in southeastern Brazil, are also participating in the event so as to try to start selling to the region. The construction sector should move around US$ 200
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Moroccan embassy will promote, this Friday, business roundtables with 12 Moroccan companies. Up until yesterday, representatives from 25 Brazilian companies had already enrolled. The meeting will take place parallel to the visit of king Mohammed VI to Brazil. Today starts, in the city of São Paulo as well, a Moroccan food festival, in the Meliá Mofarrej hotel.
The factory from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo also wants to establish a megastore in Dubai. For this purpose, the company is after commercial partners. An important player in the high quality furniture sector, the brand started its internationalisation process three years ago. Since then five stores have been inaugurated abroad, and the intention is to open another three next year.
Caio Von Vogt, from the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, will be making his first international sale of fabric made out of jute fibre, a plant grown in the north of the country and used for the production of sacks, in December. The process for production of the cloth, which was developed over six years, is completely ecological, and does not use chemical additives. The first region to receive the fabric will be Europe.
In 2004 the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce took businessmen to five fairs in the Middle East and North Africa. Next year, there will be 12 trade fairs and three events turned to the tourism sector. So as to stimulate the promotion of Brazil as a tourist destination, the organization is going to sign agreements with the Embratur and with the Tourism Ministry.
Inbra Blindados, based in the city of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, intends to sell jeeps and truck cabins to Kuwait and Iraq. This 100% Brazilian company armours around 60 vehicles per month and also produces helmets, bulletproof jackets, and shields.
Agência Brasil Brasília – On the fourth day of his trip to Italy, the Brazilian Minister of Planning, Budget, and Management, Guido Mantega, signed an agreement, yesterday (28), with the Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Pietro Lunardi, in Rome, to attract investments in the area of infrastructure. According to the Ministry of Planning, the
Agência Brasil Rio – The Brazilian state-run airport administrator (Infraero) would like to do business in other countries. According to the Infraero president, Carlos Wilson. "That is a big dream we have. I believe our company has the necessary know-how, reliability and credibility to become an exporter." Wilson points out that airport administrating firms in
