Marina Sarruf, special envoy*<\/STRONG><\/P> Dubai \u2013 The Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina (Fiesc) expanded on Thursday (02) its list of agreements with international sector organisations with the signing of its second cooperation agreement with an Arab country during a mission by businessmen from the state to the countries of the Gulf. The delegation was organized by the Fiesc and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The first agreement was signed with the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<\/P> The agreement was signed between Fiesc president Alcantaro Corr\u00eaa and the director general at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Hamad M. Buamim, at the organization\u2019s offices in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. "Our objective is to promote national and international trade. After signing the agreement, I am interested in organising a mission of businessmen from Dubai to learn about the market in Santa Catarina,\u201d stated Buamim.<\/P> The Fiesc already has over 30 international agreements and intends to double this total in 2007. According to Corr\u00eaa, after the signing of the agreement with the DCCI, the organization from Santa Catarina will be responsible for the promotion of business by the companies from the state in the United Arab Emirates. \u201cWith the boom of the construction sector in Dubai, companies from Santa Catarina have great opportunities in the emirate,\u201d he said.<\/P> According to the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, who was also present, the agreement should bring businessmen from both countries closer together economically speaking. \u201cWe know that the distance between the Emirates and Brazil is great, but we now live in a global world and there are more facilitators for this closening,\u201d he said.<\/P> Exports from the state of Santa Catarina to the Arab countries totalled US$ 133.64 million between January and September this year. The main products shipped were chicken, tiles and ceramics, and iron pipes. The states imports from the Arab market, in turn, totalled US$ 19.43 million. Sardines, phosphoric acid and super phosphates were the main products. \u201cExports to the region are not yet very great, but the state has great diversity of products that may be exported to the Emirates,\u201d stated Corr\u00eaa.<\/P> The Brazilian ambassador in the Emirates, Fl\u00e1vio Albuquerque Sapha, the marketing vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Rubens Hannun, the director of the business development department at the DCCI, Atiq Juma Faraj Nasib, and the director of the business promotion department at the organization, Sultan M. Lootah, also participated in the ceremony, which also included the businessmen participating in the delegation.<\/P> Potential<\/STRONG><\/P> According to Nasib, who met the delegation at the DCCI, the emirate presents good business opportunities for Brazil. \u201cDubai is considered a distribution centre to the countries of the Gulf, Europe and Asia. We import from all around the world, we are therefore very competitive,\u201d he said.<\/P> Of all the Emirate\u2019s imports, 70% are re-exported. Last year, exports of the Arab country totalled US$ 118.5 billion. Imports in turn totalled US$ 19.1 billion. According to Lootah, investment in construction projects in Dubai should total US$ 100 billion in the next few years.<\/P> *Translated by Mark Ament<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina (Fiesc) signed on Thursday (02), in Dubai, an agreement for cooperation with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This is the second agreement of the kind signed during the mission of businessmen from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina to the region. 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