Brazilian firm reported it has entered an agreement with Salic UK, a Saudi Arabia’s Salic subsidiary, to sell as much as 25,000 tons of products a year. A memorandum has also been signed for potentially doing business in Australia.
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The organization partnered up with the Confederation of Trade and Business Associations in Brazil (CACB) and the service is being made available in São Paulo and Itajaí since early February. Preferential certificates of origin are a requirement for eligibility for tariff breaks or tariff exemption in trade with countries that sustain free trade agreements with Brazil.
In the TV show ‘Agro 360’, sponsored by the ABCC, Brazil’s former Agriculture ministers argued for signing agreements with countries interested in food security.
The region’s countries went through the Covid-19 crisis with relative resilience, but they have undergone significant changes, according to the economist Jarmo Kotilaine, who spoke during an Arab Chamber webinar on Thursday (11).
Enrolments are open for the the first three lessons in the online course “The Contributions of Arab-Islamic Civilization to Humanity: a Historical Outlook.” Classes start February 25.
In an ABCC webinar on Thursday (11), lawyer Ronaldo Lemos said the world lives in a data economy and countries must turn knowledge into an economic value to develop.
The Hope Probe entered the orbit of the Red Planet on Tuesday (9). This is the first Arab mission and the fifth in the world to get to Mars.
Irma Alves is responsible for selling the instrument – valued at EUR 800,000 – and wants to attract Arab buyers. The value raised with the auction will be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Despite record-high exports from Brazil last year, the Arab bloc’s imports of the product were down 40%. However, the market expects global consumption to go up by 3% a year.
Countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Oman stepped up their chicken meat imports from Brazil in January, even though the industry’s overall imports slid.
How are the Brazilian and Arab economies in this second year of COVID-19? Which innovations will the world live with from now? These are some of the topics of the webinar the ABCC will host on Thursday (11), when it will also present its 2021 activities calendar.
IDEX will take place in the UAE’s capital city from February 21 through 25 and demonstrate the latest defense technologies.
Emirates announced on Tuesday (9) that passenger services from São Paulo to Dubai will remain suspended until February 28. Flights from Dubai to São Paulo, though, will resume next Thursday (11).
Terra Viva channel will broadcast on Thursday (11) at 1 pm a show with seven of Brazil’s former Agriculture ministers. The show is supported by the ABCC.
