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Manaus \u2013 Businesspeople from Brazil\u2019s Amazonas state showed keen interest in exporting their products to Arab countries during the seminar \u201cBusiness and Investment Opportunities between Manaus and the Arab countries,\u201d this Monday (11) at the Federation of Industries of the State of Amazonas (Fieam), in Manaus, during a visit of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil to the state.<\/p>\n

Goods including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, vinegar, non-alcoholic drinks and typical Amazonian items like fibers, fish and a\u00e7a\u00ed show the greatest deal-making promise. Conversely, the ambassadors discussed potential sales of Arab products like olive oil, gum arabic and fertilizer.<\/p>\n

Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> Administrative vice president Mohamad Mourad (pictured above, on the right<\/em>), who\u2019s a member of the delegation, said the meeting was key in bringing the businesspeople a step closer to the Arab world. \u201cMany businessmen came to us to exchange business cards at the end of the event. I think three sectors can be quite promising: cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and local products like a\u00e7a\u00ed and fibers, which have great export appeal, especially among young people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Arab Chamber secretary-general Tamer Mansur gave a presentation on Brazilian-Arab trade, emphasizing that the 22 Arab countries combined are the third biggest destination for products from Brazil. \u201cFrom the state of Amazonas, Arab countries buy lots of gold and electric appliances. The state ranks 20th<\/sup> in exports from Brazil and 12th<\/sup> in imports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Presentations were made on companies in different industries, including Aqua Amazon Brazil, for mineral water, which is an Arab Chamber member company and ships product to the UAE; beverage company Real Bebidas; startup cosmetics, phytomedicine and natural food company Biozer; MDS Trade Solutions, which exports Amazonian fish like Tambaqui, Pirarucu and Arowana; natural cosmetics company Pronatus Amazonas; and vinegar company Virrosas.<\/p>\n

Fieam chairman Antonio Silva (pictured above, center<\/em>) said the meeting was \u201cbeneficial to interchange between our friendly nations.\u201d League of Arab States ambassador Qais Marouf Kheiro Shqair said there\u2019s a lot of interest in cosmetics \u2013 especially anti-aging items \u2013 in the Arab countries.<\/p>\n

Sudan ambassador Abdelmoneim Ahmed Alamin Elhussain presented gum arabic as a potential product to be imported to Brazil. \u201cSudan makes 85% of the world\u2019s gum arabic, and it\u2019s widely used in the cosmetics and pharma industries,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Division chief Leandro Silva said Arab culture is an inextricable part of Brazilian culture, and that the outlook for relations keeps improving in the wake of president Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s trip to three Arab countries last October \u2013 Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia. \u201cMissions like this one are essential to fulfilling that potential. We are interested in increasing the flow of trade and people between our countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sustain strong, solid, long-standing relations with Brazil, and we would like to expand those good relations on the basis of mutual respect at all times. May this two-way street grow even stronger,\u201d said the ambassador of Palestine and dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, Ibrahim Alzeben (pictured above, on the left<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The Arab Brazilian Chamber was named by several ambassadors as the ideal tool for Amazon businesspeople looking to explore the Arab market. \u201cMore and more, the Arab Chamber proves its status as a gateway to Arab-Brazilian business,\u201d said Mourad. He called upon local entrepreneurs to attend the Brazil-Arab Countries Economic forum on April 14, 2020.<\/p>\n

(Story continues after photo gallery<\/em>)<\/p>\n