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<\/a>Lula sees opportunities in various industries. \u201cThere\u2019s ample room for diversifying our trade with high value-added goods like car pieces, defense goods, and Embraer\u2019s aircraft,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On the Brazilian agribusiness, the president said the government is committed to a sustainable agriculture in line with the best environmental practices. \u201cWe keep a careful, thorough management of halal<\/strong> goods, respecting the Islamic rites and Qatari culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBrazil has also implemented trade facilitation measures such as an electronic system of document validation and signing for bilateral trade operations. This system \u2013 which is already in place with Egypt and Jordan \u2013 will allow us to reduce timeframes and costs of trade transactions between Brazil and Qatar,\u201d said the president, referring to the Ellos Blockchain system developed by the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) that has digitized the customs clearance in the trade with the aforementioned countries.<\/p>\n Lula said that improving the infrastructure is an urgent challenge that Brazil has to face in order to cement its development. \u201cWe\u2019ve launched this first year of my administration a growth acceleration plan known as PAC, which tackles investment opportunities that are open and attractive to foreigners. We want to turn Brazil into a construction site, building, expanding and modernizing ports, airports, roads, railroads, waterways. We\u2019ll overcome the bottlenecks that undermine Brazilian competitiveness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Lula\u2019s chief of staff, Rui Costa, presented planned investments as high as USD 347 billion in infrastructure through the PAC, emphasizing the country\u2019s green agenda and efforts towards a sustainable economy. Costa talked about investments opportunities in railways, roads, waterways, ports, airports and others, and the prospect of recovering 40 million hectares (100 million acres) of land to double food production in ten years.<\/p>\n Finance minister Fernando Haddad spoke to the press after the opening of the event and praised Brazil\u2019s capacity to attract investments to sustainability-related projects. \u201cBrazil can be the country with the world\u2019s best conditions for sustainable investments, both from the social and the environmental perspective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The trip to Qatar, Haddad says, is very likely to attract new partners to Brazil, as it occurred in Saudi Arabia. \u201cIt\u2019s almost BRL 50 billion (USD 10 billion) that Saudi Arabia plans on investing in Brazil. This will improve the logistics and productivity of the Brazilian economy, besides creating jobs. With Qatar<\/strong>, we are just starting talks. In the case of Saudi Arabia, negotiations are more advanced, and the fund that the kingdom plans on establishing is already underway. Qatar is very promising, too,\u201d concluded Haddad.<\/p>\n<\/a>