Foreign participation in sugar and alcohol mills in Brazil should rise from the current 16.6% to 25% in three to five years. The forecast was made yesterday (19th), at an international sector meeting.
The 9th Datagro International Conference on Sugar and Alcohol should take place today (19) and tomorrow (20) in São Paulo. The theme of the meeting is the sector’s perspective for after the crisis.
Brazilian sales totalled US$ 105.9 million, which represented growth when compared to August. In the year, Lebanon is one of the markets that boosted purchases of the product the most.
The country is elaborating a new investment law and should promote, starting on October 30th, a conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships. Foreign investors are expected.
Abdallah bin Zayed Nahyan, the minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates, should have meetings in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo starting today. A delegation of businessmen is with him.
Over 300 Brazilian companies have already got halal certification, guaranteeing the presence of their products in the Muslim countries.
The Brazilians living in Lebanon want to have more contact with the culture of their country of origin. The matter was discussed at the Conference of Brazilian Communities Living Abroad, last week.
Brazilian Zebu farmers sent a mission to Egypt to witness the country’s project for genetic improvement of the race. They will also discuss breeding the Brazilian Zebu with the Egyptian Baladi.
The company has prepared on-line and on-site courses for small companies interested in selling their products on the foreign market.
Three innovative Brazilian initiatives are competing for the ‘Experiences in Social Innovation,’ of the Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. In all, 13 initiatives are running up.
The 2nd Sergipe Arab Dance Festival should be promoted on October 17th, in Aracaju, with participation of 15 dance companies, as well as independent dancers.
Brazilian companies participating in the food sector fair in Germany returned with good sales perspectives, totalling US$ 1 billion. Some of the importers with which contacts were made were Arab.
Workshop ‘Get to Know the Arab Market’, promoted at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce offices in São Paulo, attracted businessmen from the food, building and electronics sectors.
In 2010, a television channel for Brazilians abroad will begin broadcasting. The initiative is of state-owned company Empresa Brasil de Comunicação, and Africa should be the first to have access.
