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Brazil-based company is betting on a diverse range of mate products for export. One of its goals is to resume shipments to Arab markets, where it had clients in the past. The conflict in the Middle East may require operational adjustments, but the company believes the market will gradually reorganize.

The company had a business plan to meet 80% of domestic demand within five years but is now considering making Brazil 100% self-sufficient in diesel over the same period. Prices have surged due to the war in the Middle East.

Attacks on the UAE and Bahrain drive up the commodity’s price. Oil rises amid renewed threats to the Strait of Hormuz, while a desalination plant in Kuwait is also targeted in retaliations.

On Sunday (29), Arab foreign ministers approved the nomination of former Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Fahmy to head the League of Arab States starting in July. The decision still needs to be endorsed at the organization’s next summit.

The Brazilian government has scrapped import duties on machinery and IT products whose tariffs had been raised in February, after hearing from companies that cited a lack of domestic production and insufficient supply in the local market.