The Amazon
The Amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world with an unequalled stock of biodiversity. It is also a region where there is a high investment potential. Tourism, agroforestry industry, bio-industry, handicrafts, fish breeding and natural products are attractions standing out in the region, alongside electrical and electronic goods and components industries, two-wheel sector, metallurgy, chemical and IT companies.
These business opportunities are avaliable the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins - which compose the Brazilian Amazon – and can be seen at the largest business exhibition in the Amazon region: the IV AMAZON INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR (FIAM), from September 10th to 13th, 2008.
The Amazon Region offers competitive advantages compared to other regions in the country: a high range of ecosystems is preserved, high agro-industrial potential, mineral resources and fisheries, intact biodiversity, scenes of huge natural beauty and strategic located, near the main markets in the world.
Maintaining natural diversity, adding value to forest products and searching for markets that are aware of the value of the Amazon brand is the most promising path being followed by companies witch a vision of the future. But only capital and a good product aren´t enough for selling actions. In the Amazon Region, it is also necessary to find the right partner. Come and find yours at the IV AMAZON INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR.
The capital of Amazonas is home to the Manaus Industrial Sector (PIM), an example of how it is possible to carry out good business whilst respecting nature. At the same time as it contributes towards ensuring that 98% of the native forest in the state remains intact, this important Latin American industrial park generates more than 90,000 direct and 400,000 indirect jobs, in the city of Manaus alone. A further 20,000 jobs have been generated in the other states of the Western Amazon, along with another 250,000 in the remainder of the country in the retailing, marketing and technical assistance areas.
There are more than 450 companies with high levels of technical innovation, competitiveness and productivity which combine to give an average annual turnover in excess of US$ 13 billion. Amongst the competitive advantages of the companies installed in the PIM, it is worth highlighting: the necessary infrastructure with its own energy supply network, attractive tax incentives, and skilled labor. It is strategically located, near to the Andean countries, with outlets to the Caribbean (by river and overland) and from there, to the rest of the world.
Responsible for 39% of the area of the Brazilian Amazon, the State of Amazonas also offers its potential for developing tourism and for the sustainable development of products arising from its biodiversity, such as the tropical fruit agro-industry and the cosmetics and phytotherapeutic products industries.
For further information, visit the site: http://www.amazonas.am.gov.br
