{"id":157135,"date":"2018-04-04T17:58:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T20:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=157135"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:39:39","slug":"egypt-wants-brazilian-businesses-suez-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egypt-wants-brazilian-businesses-suez-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt wants Brazilian businesses in Suez Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 \u201cBrazilian companies will save time and money by utilizing the Suez Canal,\u201d said admiral Abd El Kader Darwish, vice president of Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), while delivering a presentation to Brazilian executives this Wednesday (4) in the offices of the <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>, in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157108\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157108\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-mohamed-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-mohamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-mohamed-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-mohamed-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCZone project management office director Mohamed Abo El Dahab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SCZone project\u00a0management office director Mohamed Abo El Dahab said the meeting was intended to encourage deal-making and to invite Brazilian business owners to complete the manufacturing of their products in the region. This would give them an Egyptian certificate of origin, which in turn would entitle them to benefits including reduced shipping charges in selling to markets like the European Union, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOurs is a duty-free area, and thanks to our agreement with the European Union, getting Egyptian certificates of origin for Brazilian goods would address several cost and logistics issues for Brazilian businesses,\u201d Dahab explained.<\/p>\n<p>Dahab discussed an array of services and facilities that the economic zone could provide to Brazilian exporting companies, with six seaports, industrial and residential areas and four underwater tunnels linking the Canal\u2019s banks that are currently under construction, with completion expected by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157110\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157110\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-darwish-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-darwish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-darwish-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/suez-canal-darwish-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCZone vice president Abd El Kader Darwish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for services, he mentioned flexible business models and partnerships, fast decision-making, the fact that SCZone is a duty-free, one-stop shop facility.<\/p>\n<p>Darwish said that when it comes to the Brics (Brazil, India, China and South Africa), the Suez Canal is already home to projects from Russia and China, and India is beginning to invest there as well.\u201d We are here to divulge our work and to get Brazilian entrepreneurs to use our ports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The SCZone VP also said a memorandum of understanding was entered into by the Suez Canal and the Port of Santos on Tuesday (3), and that it should lead to actions including technical cooperation agreements between the two facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation was attended by Brazilian businesspersons and Arab Brazilian Chamber executives. \u201cI found it interesting and I will convey the information to my clients,\u201d said consulting firm BestComm\u2019s Marketing director Ruy Falc\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sczone.eg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCZone<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-157107\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-157108\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-157110\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegates from the Suez Canal Economic Zone gave a presentation to Brazilian executives this Wednesday (4) at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce 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