Isaura Daniel<\/STRONG><\/P> S\u00e3o Paulo – The Arab countries were included by the Federation of Industries of the State of Paran\u00e1 (Fiep) in the list of main destinations for regional export. The businessmen from Paran\u00e1 target increasing their export by around 30% in the next three years, starting in 2005, and have selected five regions – the Arab countries, the Mercosur, the United States, Europe, and China – to focus on.<\/P> "I believe that export to the Arab countries may rise well above this percentage," stated Fiep president Rodrigo Costa da Rocha Loures. The state of Paran\u00e1 already has strong commercial relations with the Middle East and North Africa. Last year, trade with the region totalled US$ 410 million. The result was US$ 61.5 over the 2002 result.<\/P> The Fiep, however, is going to make an effort, through its International Business Centre (CIN), to further increase these values. Yesterday (13), the president of the Federation visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB), in S\u00e3o Paulo, accompanied by the CCAB regional director in Paran\u00e1, Kamal David Curi, and by the CIN New Business general coordinator, Henrique Santos, to establish a partnership.<\/P> The idea is that together the entities will identify business opportunities between Arab and Paran\u00e1 state businessmen. "The Chamber will make a relevant contribution identifying the needs of the Arab world, and we will see how we can answer to these needs," stated Loures.<\/P> The target of the businessmen from Paran\u00e1 is to increase industrialized product export to the five regions defined as priorities. Nowadays the main products sold by Paran\u00e1 to the Arabs are chicken, soy, sugar, soy oil, wheat, paper, maize, and wood. The main buyers in the region are the Saudis, followed by Algeria and Bahrein. <\/P> Between January and May this year, trade between Paran\u00e1 and the Middle East and North Africa reached US$ 164 million, representing 11.7% of the total Brazil exported to the region. Paran\u00e1 is the largest chicken producer in Brazil. "We cannot stop paying attention to the Arab world as it represents great potential. As this improvement of relations is promoted, export should rise," stated Loures.<\/P> Tourism<\/STRONG><\/P> Fiep also wants to attract Arab attention to Paran\u00e1. Apart from the coast with its beautiful beaches, of the cultural attractions of the capital, and of the famous Igua\u00e7u falls, on the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, the state has good business tourism. According to Loures, Curitiba is currently the second city in Brazil in number of events, and the state possesses a good hotel infrastructure.<\/P> Curi recalled that currently between 12% and 15% of the population is made up of immigrants and descendants of Arab immigrants, mainly Syrian and Lebanese. Most of these people live in the cities of Curitiba (the state capital) and Foz do Igua\u00e7u. "Paran\u00e1 attracts many Arabs due to its quality of life," explained the CCAB regional director. Curitiba is one of the Brazilian cities with the highest quality of life.<\/P> Apart from that, the strong presence of Arab immigrants has provided the region with good infrastructure in areas that are typical of the Arab culture, including typical restaurants and mosques.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The southern state wants to increase international trade by around 30% over the next three years, and has included the Arab nations in the list of potential destinations. The Federation of Industries of the State of Paran\u00e1 (Fiep) is going to work together with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB) on identifying business opportunities between Arab and Paran\u00e1 state businessmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy"},"wps_subtitle":"The southern state wants to increase international trade by around 30% over the next three years, and has included the Arab nations in the list of potential destinations. 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