São Paulo – Iceport, a chicken meat packing plant, aims to expand sales in the Arab word. The company sells to the United Arab Emirates and is seeking new clients in the Middle East and North Africa.
A company in Portonave group, the controller of the Navegantes port terminal, in Santa Catarina, Iceport buys and exports frozen chicken cuts and whole chickens made by three producers: Frigovale, Coasul and C. Vale. “Our revenues are R$ 6 million a month. Of the total, R$ 3 million come from exports to the Arabs,” said Paulo Feldmann, export analyst at the company.
Feldmann believes that countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt may be potential markets for Iceport exports. To seek new clients in the region, company representatives travelled twice to the Gulfood as visitors. The fair is the largest in the sector in the Middle East and takes place in Dubai. The company now plans to participate in the event with its own stand.
Iceport clients in the Emirates are concentrated in Sharjah and in the Jebel Ali region, in Dubai. Even before winning new markets in the Middle East, Feldmann forecasts considerable growth in exports to the Arabs. “We have producers who are doubling their production, so I believe that in coming months there may be up to 50% increase,” he evaluated.
To the analyst, the Arab market is “very good, as it presents great growth potential.” “Ramadan stops things (sales), but from the middle on, shipments return. The region offers good demand,” he said. Ramadan is a month in the Islamic calendar in which the Muslims fast during the day and feast at night.
Apart from the Emirates, Iceport also exports to Ghana, Guinea, Turkey, Hong Kong and China. Established in 2008, the company has 150 employees.
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Tel.: (+55 47) 2104-3925
Site: www.portonave.com.br/pt/servicos/iceport.html
*Translated by Mark Ament
