National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce president David Hamod and Algeria’s Industry Ministry secretary-general Belabrik Salah Eddine met during a special session in the Economic Forum Brazil & Arab Countries.
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Officials spoke on Brazil’s relations with the Arab countries at the Economic Forum Brazil & Arab Countries opening. Brazilian Agriculture minister Marcos Montes discussed the establishment of Arab fertilizer plants in Brazil.
The 2022/2023 Brazilian agribusiness financing plan (Plano Safra) will make BRL 340.8 billion (about USD 65 billion) available to agribusiness. The amount is 36% higher compared to the previous year’s credit.
The director-general of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, Louis Lahoud, is on an official trip to São Paulo and visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber headquarters alongside the consul general of Lebanon to São Paulo, Rudy El Azzi. The Arab country could increase fertilizer exports to Brazil.
Brazil shipped 628 tonnes of fresh and processed eggs abroad in May, according to the ABPA.
The total volume for the month was 429,600 tonnes. Year-to-date, shipments totaled about two million tonnes. The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were among the main buyers.
Brazilian storage capacity for agricultural products reached 183.3 million tonnes and is mainly allocated to maize. It grew 1.5% in the second half of 2021 compared to the first.
The Syrian Investment Agency announced investment opportunities for two provinces with facilitations stimulated by the government.
Brazilian agribusiness shipped 1 million tonnes of wheat to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Sudan, and Egypt from January to April this year. The region accounted for almost half of Brazilian exports of the cereal in the period.
Ministries of Jordan explained the hike in chicken prices in a joint statement.
Sudan ships cattle, sheep, camels, and goats abroad and have Saudi Arabia as one of its main buyers. From January to April, exports totaled 473,000 live animals.
An executive from Egypt’s Food Export Council, Heba Soheil, told ANBA that the institution is studying the areas with the most potential for exporting Egyptian products to Brazil.
Among its products, Baya Olive Oil has a line of organics certified in Brazil, in addition to premium and basic products. The company exhibited at the APAS Show.
The Arab country has brought seven companies of pastries, biscuits, dates, herbs and spices to the APAS Show in São Paulo. The opening was attended by Jordanian senator Issa Murad, the Jordanian ambassador to Brasília, Maen Masadeh, and the Jordanian honorary consul in São Paulo, Mustapha Abdouni.
