{"id":283949,"date":"2020-11-09T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=283949"},"modified":"2020-11-09T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:30:36","slug":"ambassador-igreja-visits-coffee-plant-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/ambassador-igreja-visits-coffee-plant-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Igreja visits coffee plant in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The ambassador of Brazil to the UAE, Fernando Igreja, paid a visit to the Hamwi Co. manufacturing plant in Dubai on Sunday (8). The business conglomerate<\/a> owns several coffee brands, and it offers items including coffee beans, instant coffee, roast and ground coffee, espresso, Turkish coffee, coffee-based cold drinks.<\/p>\n

The ambassador was accompanied by Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) Dubai international office head Rafael Solimeo, the managing director Dubai Industrial City, where the plant is located, Saud Abu Al Shawareb, and Dubai Exports specialist Zilda Rosa. They were welcomed by board chairman Bilal Al Hamwi. Pictured above from left to right are Hamwi, Al Shawareb, Igreja and Solimeo<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ambassador Fernando Igreja (R) touring the facilities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ambassador told ANBA that 70% of the coffee imported to the plant is sourced from Brazil, and that this was the main reason for his visit. \u201cThe owner is planning a trip to Brazil next year to diversify his suppliers. I suggested he go to Minas Gerais, which is coming up as a specialty coffee producing state. He\u2019s also considering setting up a plant in Brazil,\u201d Igreja revealed. The coffee sourced from Brazil ships out from the Port of Santos.<\/p>\n

Igreja also said 10% of the plant\u2019s output sells domestically in the UAE, and 90% ships to the Gulf, Europe and Australia. \u201cMy visit serves the broader purpose of spreading awareness of Brazilian coffee in the UAE,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Rafael Solimeo, Hamwi is looking to purchase more coffee from Brazil, as well as to supply Brazil with items such as Turkish coffee, also known as Arab coffee \u2013 which is made with cardamom \u2013 and coffee-based cold drinks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambassador\u2019s visit was really important to enhancing the Arab company\u2019s relationship with Brazil,\u201d said Solimeo. He also said that during the visit, they were able to see each step of processing, from the raw beans to the roasting, milling, and blending, all the way to the finished product. Hamwi is in the process of becoming an ABCC member company.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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