Support to Brazilian Exporters and Egyptian Importers
SUPORT TO BRAZILIAN EXPORTERS AND EGYPTIAN IMPORTERS
Egypt is one of Brazil's most important trade partners in the Middle East and Africa, and there is potential for even greater increase in bilateral trade. The main Brazilian exports to Egypt include frozen meats, sugar, iron ore, soy oil, automobiles, auto parts, and paper. The main Brazilian imports from Egypt are fertilizers, cotton and olives.
For more information on recent business statistics, please check: http://comexstat.mdic.gov.br/
Single Foreign Trade Portal
The Unique Foreign Trade Portal Program (Portal Único de Comércio Exterior) is an initiative of Brazil to reduce bureaucracy, time and costs of Brazilian exports and imports, in order to meet the demands of foreign trade more efficiently.
The main objectives of the Program are to reshape the processes of exports and imports, making them more efficient and harmonized, in addition to creating a single window to centralize the interaction between the government and the private operators active in foreign trade.
The Single Foreign Trade Portal can be accessed at: http://siscomex.gov.br/
Information for Brazilian companies:
To those companies interested in exporting or investing in any country, we recommend special attention and caution before carrying out commercial transactions with local partners. It is necessary to be aware of all legal procedures and restrictions effective in Egypt, as well as the customs and tax regime of the two countries to avoid losses and complications.
The following entities may be useful for Brazilian companies that are interested in the local market.
- Brazilian agencies:
- Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce - http://www.ccab.com.br/
- Brazil Arab News Agency - (Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce) - http://www.anba.com.br/
- Federal Revenue of Brazil - http://www.receita.fazenda.gov.br/Aduana/Importacao.htm
- Official Egyptian Organizations:
- Central Bank of Egypt- http://www.cbe.org.eg/
- General Organization for Export and Import Control - http://www.goeic.gov.eg/en/
- Embassy of Egypt in Brazil - http://www.opengate.com.br/embegito/
- Association of Egyptian exporters - http://www.expolink.org/index.asp
- Egyptian Commercial Service - http://www.ecs.gov.eg/
- Egyptian Stock Market - http://www.egyptianstocks.com
In addition, we recommend that exporters interested in doing business in Egypt to carefully read the following documents in order to support the preparation of their business plan and background research of potential local partners. Based on that, Brazilian companies will be more effectively benefit from the assistance provided by Commercial Sector of the Embassy of Brazil in Cairo.
- Documents prepared by the Brazilian government:
- Guide “How to export to Egypt" - see
- Information published by the Egyptian government:
- General Organization for Export and Import Control (customs control, standardization, technical standards etc.)- http://www.goeic.gov.eg/en/
- Egypt State Information Service (information portal of the Egyptian Government, gives access to websites of various government agencies and general information about the country)- http://www.sis.gov.eg
- Egypt's Information Portal (economic, social and geographic indicators) - http://www.eip.gov.eg
- Information and Decision Support Center - http://www.idsc.gov.eg/
- Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (price indices, economic development, income distribution, etc.) - http://www.capmas.gov.eg/
- Central Bank of Egypt (official rates and other instructions on financial transactions)- http://www.cbe.org.eg/
- Information other entities:
- Kompass (listof importers and traders) - http://eg.kompass.com/en
- Yellow Pages Egypt (telephonedirectory service) - http://www.yellowpages.com.eg/
- Dun & Bradstreet Inc. (research, financial capacity, market penetration and other aspects of companies in the region) - http://dnbsame.com/
- Fairs e Events - http://www.eventseye.com/
Information for Egyptian importers
Egyptian companies interested in importing Brazilian products have the opportunity to create a free account on the Invest & Export Brasil platform (http://www.investexportbrasil.gov.br/). It is also possible to obtain information and get in touch with Brazilian exporters on the portal “Exportadores Brasileiros”, which brings together contacts from about 18 thousand Brazilian companies that have exported in recent years. Companies interested in identifying Brazilian trading companies can also find partners on this platform. To register your company, click here: http://www.investexportbrasil.gov.br/join-invest-export-brazil-business-network?l=en.
We list below pages with relevant content about the market and contacts of exporters and producers in Brazil:
Complete list of Brazilian trade associations: http://www.investexportbrasil.gov.br/trade-associations?l=en
Complete list of Brazilian Chambers of Commerce in the world: https://investexportbrasil.dpr.gov.br/CamarasComercio/Busca/frmBuscaCamarasComercio.aspx?l=en
Governmental agencies and Chambers of commerce:
- Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA): https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation: https://www.embrapa.br/
- Apex Brasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) - http://www.apexbrasil.com.br/
- Directory of Brazilian exporters: http://www.vitrinedoexportador.gov.br/bens/ve/br
- Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce - http://www.ccab.com.br/
- Confederation of Brazilian Trade and Business Associations:http://www.cacb.org.br/
Main associations of exporters:
- CNI - National Industry Confederation [portuguese only] - http://www.cni.org.br/
- FIESP - Federation of the State of São Paulo's Industry [portuguese only] - http://www.fiesp.com.br/
- ABAG - Brazilian Agribusiness Association: https://abag.com.br/
- CNA -Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil: https://www.cnabrasil.org.br/
- ABIEC - Association of Brazilian Beef Exporters: http://www.brazilianbeef.org.br/
- UNICA - Sugarcane Industry Association: http://english.unica.com.br/
- ABIC - Association of Brazilian Industry of Coffee [portuguuese only]: http://www.abic.com.br/
- BSC - Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association: https://www.bsca.com.br/a-bsca
- ABIA - Brazilian Food Industry Association [portuguese only]: http://www.abia.org.br/
- UBRAFE - Brazilian Association of Trade Fairs Organizers: http://www.ubrafe.org.br/
- ABIT - Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association: http://www.abit.org.br/
- SOFITEX - Brazilian Association for Promoting the Software Export: http://www.softex.br/
- ASSINTECAL - Brazilian Association of Companies of Components for Leathe: http://www.assintecal.org.br/eng/
- ABIQUIM – Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry: http://www.abiquim.org.br/
- ABIMAQ -The Brazilian Machinery Builders´ Association: http://www.abimaq.org.br
- ABIOVE – The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries: https://abiove.org.br/sobre/
- ANEC - National Association of Cereal Exporters: https://anec.com.br/
- CITRUS -National Association of Citrus Juice Exporters: http://www.citrusbr.com/
- Brazilian Fruit Institute: http://ibraf.org.br/
- Brazilian poultry project: http://www.brazilianchicken.com.br/en
Exporting to Brazil
The main activities of the Commercial Sector are focused on promoting Brazilian exports to Egypt and attracting Egyptian investments to Brazil.
For more in-depth information on exports of Egyptian products and services to Brazil, please contact the Egyptian Embassy in Brazil or the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
- Brazilian Chambers of Commerce and Associations:
- Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce - http://www.ccab.com.br/
- Brazilian Association of Supermarkets - http://www.abrasnet.com.br
- ABIT (The Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association) - http://texbrasil.com.br/pt/
- Others:
- UBRAFE (Brazilian Union of Trade Fair Promoters) - http://www.ubrafe.org.br/
- Guide: How to export to Brazil - http://www.investexportbrasil.gov.br/como-exportar-para-o-brasil-0?l=pt-br
- Directory of Brazilian importers: https://cib.dpr.gov.br/