Cless already exports 50% of its cosmetics production to the Middle East. Now the company wants to increase its sales to the region by up to 30%. For such, it will expand its portfolio to the Arabs.
Importers of food, fashion and chemicals from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Algeria will attend business meetings in the city of São Paulo.
Natucapri, an association of women from the Brazilian state of Alagoas, makes goat’s milk soap and wants to export. The Egyptian queen, known for her beauty and vanity, used to bathe in the milk.
Brand Mãos da Terra produces accessories adding conscious consumption to fashion. Though operating for just one year, it already exports to Germany and seeks other markets abroad, like the Emirates.
Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 522.2 million in the first four months, as against US$ 469 million in the same period of last year. The volume shipped increased by 20.8%.
The Brazilian Medical Device Manufacturers Association (Abimo) will promote a mission seeking new business for Brazil. The Arab country was selected because it should build over 120 new hospitals.
The agreement with the Arab country’s Agricultural Research Center will enable the development of joint activities geared towards sustainable agriculture in technical and scientific areas.
Brazilian company Cláudio Vogel shipped a new order to a distributor in Saudi Arabia and is prospecting business in Bahrain. The company also wants to enter the markets of Iraq, Kuwait and Oman.
Automechanika Middle East, due May 25 to 27 in the Emirates, is going to count on the participation of 12 Brazilian companies. The stand is organized by the Sindipeças in partnership with the Apex.
The only footage of Lampião, a famous brigand, was by a Lebanese moviemaker: Benjamin Abrahão Botto. He showed the daily life of Lampião and his band in northeastern Brazil in the 1930s.
Fuel oil purchases rose in the first quarter compared with the same period of 2009 and point to a resumption of industry growth, according to the president of Petrobras Distribuidora.
In comparison with the last quarter of 2009, growth was 2.38%. The Central Bank’s Economic Activity Index contributed to the BC decision regarding the benchmark interest rate, the Selic.
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen were the second main markets for exports from the Amapá, Sergipe and Federal District states, respectively. Sugar, iron ore and meat were some of the main products.
The Brazilian 2010/2019 energy plan provides for increased supply of power from renewable sources in the country. The government only wants to auction renewable energies starting in 2014.
