São Paulo – The CEO of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, and the manager of Government Relations, Tamer Mansour, met with representatives of the General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) this Thursday (12th) in Cairo, Egypt’s capital, to discuss the implementation of the online certification system of the organization. The agency is linked to Egypt’s Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade.
The certification issued by the Arab Chamber checks 26 entries in the documentation presented by the company and ensures that the exported products were made in Brazil and are in accordance to the requirements made by the Arab country to which the goods will be shipped to. The new system was already introduced in the Brazilian market in an event that took place in June in the city of São Paulo.
The executives of the Arab Chamber met with Nour Abo El Ela, undersecretary for the import of food and agricultural products of the ministry, and with Alaa El Nemr, undersecretary of the ministry and director of the Central Department of Quality Control and Food Lab Tests.
During the meeting, Alaby pointed out that the online certification system brings “advantages for Brazilian exporters and Egyptian importers in cost and time reduction, going from the current 15 days to 5 days, in additions to bring safety regarding the originality of the documents”, said the executive via email to ANBA, talking about combat to forgery.
The meeting attended by Alaby and Mansour comes before the visit, on Sunday (15th) and Monday (16th), of members of the Certification Department of the Arab Chamber to Egypt for the implementation of the new system.
“Our staff will meet with the technical staff of the General Organization for Export and Import Control, including going to the port of Alexandria to establish direct contacts with local customs, to verify the controls used and how to establish the interface with our control”, said Alaby.
The current certification process requires the actual documents to be sent to the Arab Chamber, which certifies them, sends them to the embassy of the purchasing country, which validates the documents and sends them back to the Arab Chamber, which collects a fee and returns the papers to the exporting company. The online system will reduce costs for both parts involved, avoiding the mailing of paper documents.
It’s worth noting that the Arab Chamber is the sole organization authorized by the Arab League to issue certificates of origins and certify export papers for products to be sold to Arab League countries.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
