São Paulo – A Saudi importer is going to participate in business roundtables with Brazilian makers of building material on Thursday (26) in the city of São Paulo. The Arab buyer, who is a representative of Arabian Trading Corporation (Atraco), was invited to participate in business meetings in São Paulo by Metal Brasil, a project to support exports of bathroom metals, locks and aluminium household appliances.
The Metal Brasil project is developed by the Non-Ferrous Metal Artefact Union of the State of São Paulo (Siamfesp) and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) and roundtables are promoted once a year. In this edition, apart from the Saudi importer, two buyers will also come from Bolivia and two from Colombia. They arrive in Brazil on Wednesday (25) and have a schedule up to Sunday.
According to the Metal Brasil consultant, Armino Calonga Jr., the business roundtables should include 13 of the 35 companies that are part of the project. They are in the areas of bathroom metals and locks. There should be 75 meetings, but there is no business forecast. Although the markets they represent are no news to the Brazilian companies, the importers coming to the meetings will have their first contact with the project.
Calonga explains that Metal Brasil focuses on nine countries, among them Qatar and Saudi Arabia. For this reason, buyers from the region have been invited. Apart from them, also targeted in sector promotion are Angola, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, the United States, Panama and Peru. The project started being developed around five years ago.
The business roundtables should take place at Hotel Caesar Business. The importers invited to the buyer project should also go on technical visits, will have scheduled meetings with the participants and will watch the Formula Indy 300, to take place in São Paulo, this weekend. Taking them to the sports event, where there will also be Brazilian businessmen, is part of the Apex strategy to improve ties between both parties. The Saudi importer should also visit the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
*Translated by Mark Ament
