{"id":198046,"date":"2018-07-25T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=198046"},"modified":"2019-06-30T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T14:59:57","slug":"dubai-chamber-agricultural-trade-brazil-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/dubai-chamber-agricultural-trade-brazil-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Chamber: agricultural trade with Brazil can increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Dubai Chamber<\/a>) was a participant in the 4th<\/sup> edition of the Global Agribusiness Forum, on Monday (23) and Tuesday (24), at the Sheraton WTC hotel, in S\u00e3o Paulo. For the first time, the organization had a stand at the event. Omar Khan (picture above)<\/em>, Director of International Offices, talked about the importance of the emirate\u2019s relations with Brazil, and the challenges and opportunities in the agricultural sector. \u201cIt\u2019s very encouraging to partake in this event, we saw people from many countries, such as India, Australia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and United States, so there\u2019s lot of information on global agriculture and that\u2019s very relevant to us since 85% of the emirate\u2019s food is imported,\u201d he said to ANBA this Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to Khan, Latin America and Brazil are important because they\u2019re very advanced in the agricultural sector, but he believes there\u2019s a logistics challenge due to the distance to the Middle East. \u201cDubai is very good when it comes to logistics, facilitation and transportation and we\u2019re always interested in getting to know how we can be relevant in this so important sector, for both trade and food security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The stands area at the Global Agribusiness Forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, the director was a speaker in a panel on the private sector in agribusiness and said that the goal of the Dubai Chamber is to encourage the United Arab Emirates companies to come to Brazil and for Brazilian companies to use Dubai as a business facilitation center. \u201cIt\u2019s a very interesting hub to Brazil because, if companies want to reach China or Africa, Dubai would be an excellent place to do business, for its connectivity and for us being able to help with the language and cultural barriers and the geographical distance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Regarding consumption, Khan said that the UAE isn\u2019t a large country in population \u2013 around eight million \u2013, but he emphasized that the country welcomes many tourists and that Latin America is an important player because the countries in the Arab Gulf bought USD 4.3 billion worth of agricultural products from the region (2016 data), which accounts to 9% of the total imported in agriculture in the year. \u201cThere\u2019s room for growth, there are many different opportunities, especially to small and medium-sized companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The director advised Brazilian companies to focus on selling more end products and to increase their penetration in the international market, especially in the Middle East. \u201cOf course, this is tougher than selling a commodity, you need to visit markets, check what people think of your product, adapt to each culture and, that way, build your brand and achieve a higher profit margin,\u201d he said. In this context, the role of the Dubai Chamber would be of connecting the brand or company to these markets, to promote, organize events and help the business owner to enter this new market.<\/p>\n

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The purpose of having a stand in the agricultural event is \u201clike flying a flag and declaring: we\u2019re here,\u201d according to Khan. \u201cOur focus is on helping our companies to come here and to do this we have to understand the market, understand the challenges and gaps to, based on that, hold an event, a research, and get to know how we can improve this relation and encourage business,\u201d he said. The Dubai Chamber has been in Brazil since April 2017 and has offices in countries such as Argentina, China, India and Panama.<\/p>\n

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The Dubai Chamber’s stand at the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe also want to promote Dubai and take the business owners from here to get to know better our emirate; many people hold an image that the Middle East is dangerous, and I believe that these limiting beliefs and stereotypes can drive a business to failure so, what we want to do here is to avoid this and help both sides to do business,\u201d stated the director.<\/p>\n

Khan admitted that long-distance relations aren\u2019t easy. \u201cThat\u2019s why we have an office here and are at this event, to keep relations alive, this is very important to us and we want our companies also to get to know Brazil better to decide to come here more,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

The Global Agribusiness Forum<\/a> began on Monday and ended this Tuesday afternoon. The event is organized by Datagro, an agricultural consulting firm, and by the Brazilian Rural Society, the representative of the agricultural sector in Brazil, among other sector associations.<\/p>\n

Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani <\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n
Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n
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