Three large supermarket chains and food distributors from the Emirates, Bahrain and Jordan participate in business roundtables with Brazilian companies at the Arab Brazilian Chamber headquarters.
‘The 21st century must be the African renaissance and we would like to share our experience,’ said Brazilian president Lula on Monday to African ministers meeting in Brasília.
The unit, which will train Brazilians and foreigners, will open on this Monday in Brasília. Training is already scheduled to African countries with which Brazil has cooperation agreements.
The director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, Jacques Diouf, praised the Brazilian program against poverty, which he called an example to the world.
The surplus was a result of US$ 4.003 billion in exports and US$ 3.486 billion in imports.
Poultry farm Santo Antônio, headquartered in Minas Gerais, has 20 clients in the Emirates, Qatar and Oman. Now the company aims to diversify its portfolio of products sold on the Arab market.
The shoe manufacturer based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul will have a representative in Dubai starting in July, and hopes to increase sales to the region from 60,000 to up to 300,000 pairs a year.
Vonpar wants its chocolates, sweets and dairy to reach all Arab countries in a year. The group bought Neugebauer, Wallerius and Mu-Mu in 2009 and has daring targets for the foreign market.
A holiday trip to Syria and the discovery of a 500-page book written in classical Arabic accidentally gave origin to the feature film Constantino, by the Brazilian Otavio Cury.
Leather sandals manufacturer Itapuã has exported to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for six years. Now, the company wants to find a distributor to concentrate its sales in those countries.
Brazilian trading companies in various sectors are in the Emirates to introduce products by small and medium businesses to Middle Eastern buyers. The event will continue until next Tuesday.
Conference on investment will be held from June 1st to 3rd in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, and will focus on small and medium businesses based in the region.
Meeting organized by the Campinas City Hall and the São Paulo Industries Centre had lectures by Arab Brazilian Chamber’s Marketing vice president, Rubens Hannun, and secretary general, Michel Alaby.
In September, minister Miguel Jorge, of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, plans to head a trade delegation to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman.
