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 Amazon part, like all of the rest of the State of Maranhão, provides many good business opportunities. Ecotourism is one of these options. Nature has been very generous and distributed the most beautiful and representative Brazilian ecosystems in the lands of Maranhão: humid tropical forests, dunes, beaches, swamps, deltas, coral reefs, scrubland and savannah.
Maranhão also provides favorable conditions for profitable businesses in the agribusiness (grains, cattle raising, mariculture, fish breeding and fruit growing), and forest-based industries, and the steelmaking, metallurgical, space technology and logistical services areas.
Its strategic location in relation to the American and European international markets and the consolidation of an efficient multimodal transport system have enabled Maranhão to strengthen its position as part of the international transport routes, which is a further competitive advantage.
For further information, visit the site: http://www.ma.gov.br
