{"id":314327,"date":"2022-07-04T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=314327"},"modified":"2022-07-07T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:04:36","slug":"apexbrasil-arab-brazilian-chamber-sign-halal-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/apexbrasil-arab-brazilian-chamber-sign-halal-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"ApexBrasil, Arab Brazilian Chamber sign halal agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A commitment agreement for promoting business in the <strong>halal <\/strong>market from 2022 to 2025 was signed on Monday (4) by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) president Augusto Pestana and <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) president <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/global-landscape-reshaped-international-trade-chohfi\/\">Osmar Chohfi<\/a> during the opening session of the Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement plans on training Brazil-based companies to operate in the halal market of products and services that are fit for Muslim consumption. Its goal is promoting halal products from Brazil overseas in activities organized in countries like <strong>Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, <strong>Egypt<\/strong>, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia, France and the <strong>United Arab Emirates<\/strong> by turning Brazil into a reference when it comes to halal products, making it stand out as the leading player in the sector, sharing relevant activities and results that could be spread overseas, designing a new halal industry project, fostering exports and breaking into new markets, and coordinating activities for attracting foreign investment to strengthen the halal productive chain and companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis historic agreement between Apex and the ABCC will focus on promoting Brazilian halal products [overseas] and training Brazilian companies to get <strong>halal certified<\/strong>,\u201d Pestana said in his speech during the opening of the forum.<\/p>\n<p>The agency plans on assisting at least 200 halal-certified companies. The agreement is supported by the 18 diplomatic representations of the Foreign Relations Ministry in the 22 Arab League states to boost the dialogue between Brazilian commercial attach\u00e9s and Arab private institutions. \u201cWe are on this path with different sectors such as food and beverage, security and defense, oil and natural gas, perfumery and cosmetics, and construction,\u201d Pestana said.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted Apex\u2019s work in the Brazilian pavilion at <strong>Expo 2020 Dubai<\/strong>, the world exhibition that ended last March. According to him, Brazil\u2019s operations in the show are expected to bring in USD 4 billion in new business over the following months, particularly in food exports from Brazil to the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApex is committed to attracting Arab investment to Brazil,\u201d Pestana said. He added that there is a capital surplus in the Arab countries that could be put in opportunities in Brazil, particularly in the infrastructure and food industries. \u201cOur task is to do this matchmaking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries is held by the ABCC in partnership with the Union of Arab Chambers, supported by the League of Arab States and sponsored by Travel Plus, Brazil Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), Fambras Halal, Embraer, Itaipu Technology Park, Pantanal Trading, Embratur, Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), Cdial Halal, Modern Living, BRF, Egyzone\/Am Development, Antika\/Openet BV, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Egyptian Financial &amp; Industrial Co. (EFIC), Suez Company for Fertilizers Production (SCFP), Boa Esperan\u00e7a Agriculture Cooperative (CAPEBE), Prima Foods, and Afrinvest.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/category\/brazil-arab-countries-forum\/\">Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement was signed during the opening ceremony of the Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries and aims at training companies to operate in the halal market and promoting halal products from Brazil in Arab and Muslim countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":314324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13819,107,117],"tags":[32963,3087,9820,23719,9550,12126,15596,32913,33228,12849,11131],"class_list":{"0":"post-314327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brazil-arab-countries-forum","8":"category-business-opportunities","9":"category-halal-en","10":"tag-acordo-en","11":"tag-agreement","12":"tag-apex-brasil-en","13":"tag-augusto-pestana-en","14":"tag-halal-en","15":"tag-halal-market","16":"tag-halal-sector","17":"tag-mercado-halal-en","18":"tag-mercado-halal-en-2","19":"tag-osmar-chohfi-ar","20":"tag-osmar-chohfi-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The agreement was signed during the opening ceremony of the Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries and aims at training companies to operate in the halal market and promoting halal products from Brazil in Arab and Muslim countries.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}