São Paulo – Last Friday (3rd), three Brazilian enterprises met with representatives of the Libyan Joint Stocks National Company to discuss the possibility of exporting wheat, soy and maize to the Arab country, as previously reported by ANBA. The meeting took place at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce headquarters. According to the quality manager at Joint Stocks, Adbuljalil Mohamed, the executives in attendance were pleased with the talks and hope to close deals with the Brazilians.
"The companies called in by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce are very good," said the businessman. "We hope to have good results and to sign contracts so that they will supply us with the products we need," he said. "We gave them the specifications of the products we want. Later on, when we return to Libya, we are going to invite these companies to do quotations," he finished off.
The Export manager of Alliance Commodities, Marcos Goulart, claimed that he already knew the Libyan group and believes that his company may meet the needs of the Arab enterprise. "We already do business with these commodities, maize and wheat, and I believe we will be able to help, establishing a trade partnership with them," he said.
Ivan dos Santos, a partner of trading company 4comex, wants to proceed with the talks that started at the meeting. "We operate with maize and soy, especially soy chaff. We have got the conditions to supply them and I believe it was very promising. We are following up with these contacts," he said. The trading company, based in São José dos Campos, in the state of São Paulo, does not do business with Arab countries yet, but in addition to the meeting with the Libyans, it is now negotiating the sale of sugar to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
Mohamad Sus, a representative of trading company Ei-log, also attended the meeting and offered other products to the Arab businessmen as well. "We are very strong in rice, but we also have soy and sugar," he explained. "However, they want non-genetically altered soy, and most of the Brazilian production is modified, but this issue can be solved," he said. "We are also capable of supplying Halal meat," he claimed.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
