Parliamentary group to launch during webinar

This Monday (27) in your ANBA Bulletin: The Arab Chamber is hosting its third webinar, this one in partnership with Fambras Halal, addressing Brazil-Arab relations. The online meeting will run at 9 am next Wednesday (29) and will see the launch of the Brazil-Arab Countries Parliamentary Group. Registrations are free and open.

And Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID) is working on identifying food supplying companies to make sure that Arab countries are supplied amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization put out a call for the product types it is looking for.

And a story by Thais Sousa shows that, despite Brazilian food and beverage sales to Arab countries went up in March, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the sales of halal protein from Brazil to several Islamic countries.

And former Qatar minister Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada believes that Qatar economy is robust enough to enable it to absorb the shock from COVID-19 and that a USD 20.6 billion stimulus package will help the private sector to recover from the crisis.

And despite COVID-19, real estate deals rose in Abu Dhabi due to reduced fees by the government, and Bahrain announced the extension of the validity of visit visas as an effort to make things easier for its residents during the pandemic.

Brazil-Arab Parliamentary Group to launch during webinar

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São Paulo – The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is hosting its third webinar at 9 am next Wednesday (29). The online event will see the launch of the Brazil-Arab Countries Parliamentary Group. Registrations are open for the free webinar “Encouraging and Developing Brazilian-Arab Bilateral Relations.” Translation into English will be available.

Arab organization keeping track of food suppliers

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São Paulo – Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID) is working on identifying food supplying companies to make sure that Arab countries are supplied amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The AAAID put out a call for potential suppliers of 14 product types to get in touch.

Former minister says Qatar to absorb shock from Covid-19

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São Paulo – Qatar’s economic policy is underpinned by a robust system, and the USD 20.6 billion private sector stimulus package will enable the country to absorb the worldwide shock from the coronavirus pandemic. So said this week former Qatar minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada during an online seminar hosted by Qatar Foundation, in which board he sits.

Brazil steps up imports amid the pandemic

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São Paulo – Amid the crisis wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has countries around the world embracing self-isolation among other measures, Brazil stepped up its imports in some sectors this month. Foreign purchases went up for items including sanitary equipment and accessories, livestock, pipes, tubes and hoses, wheat, coal, fertilizers, taps, ethylene polymers and electric generators.

Bahrain extends validity of visas

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São Paulo – Bahrain’s Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) announced on Thursday (23) the extension of the validity of all valid and expired visit visas for three months in the country. It also reported that no fees will be taken to correct resident permits until the end of the year.

Coronavirus impacts pre-Ramadan halal protein sales

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São Paulo – Arab countries food imports go up in special dates or times of year, and this week saw the beginning of Ramadan, the holy month during which Muslims go on a fast from sunrise to sunset. It isn’t unusual for Muslim-majority countries to stock up goods, in the months prior to Ramadan, especially food. Amid the Covid-19, even though the such countries’ shopping curves kept true to form, imports of halal-certified products slowed in many parts of the world.