Senior Delegation led by Brazilian Agriculture Minister Successfully Completes Four-Nation Visit to Strengthen Agribusiness Ties with GCC
His Excellency (H.E.) Blairo Maggi, Brazilian Minister of Farming, effectively completed his browse through to the GCC, tossing the spotlight on the top quality of Brazilian items, particularly farming and animals, as well as drawing interest from potential financiers. Maggi was gone along with by a delegation made up of senior government officials, international business, and leading private sector organizations such as the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC). The Brazilian delegations stops consisted of Kuwait, adhered to by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.
According accordance with current statistics, Saudi Arabia emerged the fourth greatest importer of farming and livestock products from Brazil for the very first quarter of 2017, while the UAE ranked 19th. As a matter of fact, the Middle East is the world's biggest importer of fowl from Brazil. During the very same period, Brazilian agriculture export to the four GCC nations, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar touched USD 1.363 billion, an increase of 12 percent for the exact same duration in 2016.
During their browse through to the GCC, the high-level delegation targeted at further reinforcing its ties with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar in trade, investment and participation as these countries are long-time importers of Brazilian agri-business products, especially poultry. Nearly 20 delegates, representing about 25 agribusiness companies, met senior federal government authorities in the four countries in addition to participated in hosted workshops for potential capitalists to display their agribusiness tasks in Brazil.
Rubens Hannun, President, Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, claimed: "The Middle East generally and the four GCC countries, consisting of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar in particular, have actually been conventional trade partners for Brazil. The four-nation scenic tour was held to underscore the value of the bilateral ties between the Arab nations and Brazilian agriculture and showcase its untapped opportunities."
The delegation expressed its appreciation to the GCC nations for their response to the Operation Carne Fraca ('Operation Weak Flesh'), a procedure by the Federal Authorities of Brazil to examine 21 of the country's biggest meat handling firms and subsequently resulting in a ban on the import of meat and chicken products by some nations. In addition, the go to underscored Brazil's duty in making sure food safety and security for the Arab nations that purchase overseas farming jobs to make certain proper supply to their markets.
"The ABCC, particular, has played a key function in highlighting the measures taken by Brazil as part of 'Operation Carne Fraca.' As part of the Procedure, we had arranged a meeting of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil with Brazilian preachers as well as hosted a trip to a meat packer in Rio Grande do Sul to enlighten them about our rigid halal procedure. We continuously communicate details in between the governments and economic sector gamers which has actually additionally cemented relations between Brazil and the Arab nations," ended Hannun.
