Itambé sold 100 tonnes of powdered milk to companies in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar at the fair that is taking place in Dubai. The company hopes to close other deals during the event.
The agency’s office in Dubai is working on improving the area of commercial intelligence to offer more detailed information to Brazilian companies interested in operating in the Middle East.
Engeprot already operates in the Emirates and is now getting ready to break into Saudi Arabia and Libya. The company, headquartered in Curitiba, has had a unit in the Middle East since 2004.
A representative of the Egyptian Al Garas company visited the Brazilian stand at Gulfood seeking new suppliers. On the first day of the fair, the minister of Finance of the Emirates visited it.
Fortaleza should host, in August, an international conference on the climate. Public policies for semiarid and arid regions will be discussed. Arab countries should be present.
The largest food sector fair in the Middle East begins in Dubai, tomorrow. Brazilian companies hope to open new markets and close deals during the event, which ends on the 24th.
Brazil, together with China and India, stood out in the number of acquisitions and sales of makers of consumer products in late 2009. On the Brazilian market there were eight transactions.
To present the potential of the sector in the Arab market, the Arab Brazilian Chamber should promote a seminar for Brazilian companies on Monday. The aim is to show opportunities in the region.
Sales of the product should reach 1.145 billion litres in Brazil, according to the Abrafati, the sector association. Areas like the auto industry should boost the trade.
The Minister of Tourism plans to expand the number of flights and also the hotel network in the region to guarantee good service to tourist during the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Brazil purchased 1.9 million tonnes of products, equivalent to US$ 2.2 billion. The main imports were inputs like fertilizers and thermoplastic resin.
The country should promote, in March, a conference to show its projects to foreign investors. The growth in production of oil should guarantee revenues for Libyan expansion in coming years.
The information was disclosed today by the minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes. He said that 19 trade missions should be promoted in 2010, covering 25 countries.
However, In the accumulated result from January to last Friday, the result is US$ 1.6 billion positive, against a negative balance of US$ 1.992 billion in the same period last year.
