{"id":310166,"date":"2022-04-13T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=310166"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:52:08","slug":"dmcc-plans-on-expanding-business-with-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/dmcc-plans-on-expanding-business-with-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"DMCC plans on expanding business with Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Coffee, cacao, emeralds and marble from Brazil are some of the products that are part of the business expansion plan of the free zone Dubai Multi Commodities Centre <\/strong>(DMCC) with the country. In his fourth visit to Brazil, coffee was the focus of the mission of CEO Ahmed bin Sulayem <\/strong>(pictured above<\/em>). The visits to companies and farms, he said, have already boosted green coffee shipments from Minas Gerais and Esp\u00edrito Santo. Until the end of the week, he\u2019ll be in S\u00e3o Paulo for a series of business appointments.<\/p>\n

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Sulayem in talks in the Arab Brazilian Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201c[The trip to Esp\u00edrito Santos and Minas Gerais] was fruitful, and companies will ship more green coffee for the DMCC to process and distribute. We\u2019re just beginning with Brazilian coffee<\/strong>, and as I said, it\u2019s not just Dubai\u2019s coffee center, it\u2019s a coffee center to connect with the rest of the world. This is a strong commitment and a great responsibility, but we\u2019re up to the challenge, and our members from Africa and elsewhere that buy from and even supply and ship coffee to Brazil are highly competitive. The market hasn\u2019t stopped; it\u2019s changing and diversifying. We have dip coffee and other innovative products. We\u2019re in a good place regarding coffee,\u201d Sulayem told ANBA.<\/p>\n

Last year Sulayem visited cacao farms in the region of Ilh\u00e9us, Bahia, and Bahia\u2019s governor Rui Costa visited the DMCC. The CEO plans on opening a cacao center soon, prioritizing the Brazilian product. \u201cI\u2019m learning more about the cacao industry here, from the planting to the processing and products, and hopefully we\u2019ll have a cacao center that fits the Brazilian standards,\u201d Sulayem said.<\/p>\n

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Businesspeople participating in the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Esp\u00edrito Santo, Sulayem also visited a marble and quartz company, and he said he has sent pictures to his development team and construction companies to use the Brazilian products in DMCC\u2019s property expansion. \u201cWe\u2019re expanding, and some projects will feature high-quality marble, and we\u2019ll surely buy some from Brazil. I mean, if China is buying marble from Brazil, it\u2019s a good sign,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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