São Paulo – Kepler Weber, a Brazilian company participating in Khartoum International Fair, in Sudan, is seeking a partner in the African country. Cristian Cunha, the company trader at the fair, said on Thursday (3), in the evening, that the market in Sudan is "very strong throughout the agricultural sector".
The company from Rio Grande do Sul produces silos for agricultural products and already exports to the Arab world, but this is its first incursion into Sudan. The country has in agriculture one of the bases for its economy and needs to import equipment. "They need silos to store grain," said Cunha.
He is seeking a partner prepared to learn about the company products, prospect the market and transmit information and confidence to the clients. Cunha declared that he made "very positive" contacts on Thursday, the first day the fair was open to the public. It was inaugurated officially on Wednesday, but just to guests.
The Brazilian stand is organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and by the embassy of Brazil to Khartoum. Apart from Kepler Weber, the stand includes Grendene, in the shoe sector, BRFoods, which owns brands Sadia and Perdigão, in the food sector, Irriger, in irrigation, Jumil, of agricultural equipment, as well as an engineer who is presenting a project for production of ecological bricks.
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, who is at the fair, has informed that he received 10 inquiries by companies interested in importing sugar, coffee and medical equipment, products that are not represented at the stand. The contacts will later be forwarded to Brazilian companies in these sectors.
Alaby added that, on Sunday, he will have a meeting with representatives of the Sudanese Businessmen’s Association, which is interested in organising a delegation to Brazil during the Feicon Batimat and Expo Revestir, two fairs in the building sector to take place in São Paulo in March.
The Sudanese want to visit Brazilian construction companies interested in operating in the African country and also exporters of building material.
*Translated by Mark Ament