{"id":175186,"date":"2018-05-16T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=175186"},"modified":"2018-05-15T21:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T23:13:55","slug":"dom-ville-buys-olives-from-egyptians-at-arab-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/dom-ville-buys-olives-from-egyptians-at-arab-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Dom Vill\u00ea buys olives from Egyptians at Arab Chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s preserve company Dom Vill\u00ea Conservas is about to start selling Egyptian olives on the domestic market. The S\u00e3o Paulo-based enterprise joined B2B sessions with exporters from Egypt last week (pictured above), at the offices of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/a><\/strong>, in S\u00e3o Paulo, and purchased two containers\u2019 worth of olive preserve from two Egyptian companies.<\/p>\n

Dom Vill\u00ea imports olives, dried fruit and mushrooms to sell locally in Brazil. The Dom Vill\u00ea-branded product gets shipped out to distributors which supply restaurants and hotels in Brazil, in vessels ranging from one to 150 kg.<\/p>\n

Dom Vill\u00ea partner Greg\u00f3rio Hadje Kartalian (left in the picture) explains that the company buys product from Argentina, Peru and Chile, as well as mushroom preserve from China, and price was one of the reasons Kartalian chose to buy olive preserve from Egypt.<\/p>\n

According to Kartalian, Egyptian olives are currently better priced than Argentinian ones, even though the latter is tax-exempt in Brazil, since both countries are Mercosur members.<\/p>\n

Late last year, the Mercosur-Egypt free trade agreement went into effect, giving Egyptian olives a 25% import tax discount in Brazil. \u201cThe tax went from 14% to 10.5%,\u201d says Kartalian.<\/p>\n

He said he made the purchase in order to see how Egyptians perform, deadline- and weight-wise, after which he will decide whether to go on buying or not. If everything works out, Dom Vill\u00ea plans to import 30 containers\u2019 worth of olives from Egypt per year at first \u2013 the company is also open to looking at product from other Arab countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my niche, imports from Egypt tend to increase a lot,\u201d Kartalian told ANBA, in discussing the consequences of the tax breaks stemming from the Mercosur agreement. He expects the first batch of olives to arrive in Brazil next June.<\/p>\n

Dom Vill\u00ea<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dom Vill\u00ea has been on the market for ten years now, and it sells most of its product in Brazil\u2019s Southeast and North regions. Its headquarters \u2013 offices and industry facilities \u2013 is located Rio Pequeno, a neighborhood in West Side S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

It sells a range of olive preserves, including pitted, sliced and stuffed green and black olives. The purchase from Egypt comprised sliced green and pitted green olives. This was the first time Dom Vill\u00ea ever bought direct from an Arab company. It had purchased Arab-made items in the past via a broker.<\/p>\n

Arab Chamber<\/strong><\/p>\n

The B2B sessions Kartalian attended were held by the Arab Chamber and by Egypt\u2019s Food Export Council (FEC) on Thursday (10), as part of the Brazil-Egypt Business Meeting, which also featured lectures on Brazil-Egypt relations and the export potential of the latter country.<\/p>\n

The Egyptian companies were also exhibitors at the APAS Show, a supermarket industry show which ran from May 7 to 10 in S\u00e3o Paulo. They showcased their goods in a pavilion organized by the Arab Chamber.<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dom Vill\u00ea Conservas
\nPhone: +55 (11) 2533 4787
\nEmail: gkartalian@uol.com.br<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rodrigo Rodrigues\/Arab Chamber<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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