The event tourism and real estate investment, due May in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, is expecting to receive representatives of Dubai-based developers Emaar and Nakheel.
The minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, is going to head a delegation of businessmen to Egypt, Lebanon and Iran. The trip will run from April 11th to 17th.
Michel Suleiman should visit the country this year. The date has not been defined, but may be in April, said the consul general of Lebanon to São Paulo, Joseph Sayah, at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Automobile manufacturing dropped by 3.7% in Brazil in January, compared with December last year. A total of 243,000 units were made.
Buyers from the Emirates and Saudi Arabia will attend the 18th Feicon-Batimat fair seeking bathroom accessories and door locks. They will take part in business roundtables with the Brazilians.
Brazilian companies are going to make use of the first race of the North American racing championship, in São Paulo, to negotiate with 300 importers, including some from the Arab world.
Representatives of Green Space trading company, from Dubai, are in Brazil seeking date, apricot, pistachio and olive oil importers. The company already counts on a distribution centre in Paraná.
The market is growing and holds promise for Brazilian companies, according to the Arab Brazilian Chamber’s secretary general, Michel Alaby, who is in the country for the Khartoum International Fair.
The industry posted US$ 3.4 billion in revenues in December, representing growth of 0.6% over the same month of 2008. Annual revenues, however, decreased by 18%.
Announced in January, the US$ 544,000 financing line of the Tourism Ministry and the Brazilian Development Bank, will go to energy efficiency- and environmental sustainability-oriented projects.
Over seven years, the country went from 5,000 to 10,000 kilometres of pipelines. Yet another one will be inaugurated this Wednesday: Cabiúnas-Reduc III, South America’s largest in diameter.
The number of passenger arrivals at Brazilian airports last year was the largest ever recorded by the country’s Airport Infrastructure Company. Domestic arrivals totalled 56 million.
The country wants to attract companies that may transfer knowledge in agricultural mechanisation and fertilizer production, says the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby.
The recruiting event will take place next Sunday, at 11:00 am, at the Intercity Premium Ibirapuera hotel, in the Moema neighbourhood.
