Shoe company has already shipped several orders to the Arab world, and now it wants to sell significant volumes to the region again. Myrabel hopes to deal with Arabs at Italian fair Micam this month.

The furniture company based in the Rio Grande do Sul state shipped a 40-foot container to a storeowner in Riyadh last week. Negotiations started at Index, an industry fair held in Dubai in November.

Florianópolis, capital of the Santa Catarina state, is beautiful by nature and has admirable beaches, with options for all tastes. In the high season, the city receives around 800,000 tourists.

The country picked 149 million tonnes of grain in the 2009/2010 crop. The figure is the largest in history, exceeding the 144.1 million tonnes in the 2007/2008 crop.

Photography school Imagens e Aventuras is registering amateur and professional photographers to picture the Arab world. The trips will be in November.

Fish farmers from the Ribeira Valley, in São Paulo, want to export fish-based processed foods such as kibbeh, croquettes and hamburgers to Arab countries. Output should rise with a warehouse in 2011.