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ANBA Bulletin, August 13, 2020 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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This Thursday (13) in your ANBA Bulletin: The Brazil-Arab countries logistics in the pandemic. In an online event hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Union of Arab Chambers earlier this week, Brazilian Secretariat for Ports director of New Concessions and Port Regulation Policies Fabio Lavor said that ports across Brazil saw an increase year-to-date through May and are expected to reach a record-high this year. The Union of Arab Chambers secretary-general Khaled Hanafy said the impact on Brazil-Arab trade logistics was not as serious as expected. The webinar got viewed by some 900 people in Brazil and the world over. A Brazilian Air Force plane took off to Lebanon on Wednesday, taking donations following the explosion in the Port of Beirut. The Arab Chamber is one of the entities that participated in the initiative and helped stocking the plane with donations. The items were acquired with its own funds and those raised though a campaign that still accepts donations. A book brings a portrait of the DNA of the Brazilian state of Ceará and shows that part of its population is Arab descendant. The authors used a DNA research that mapped the DNA of cearenses. The book is titled “The Cearense Revealed: A DNA Journey Unveils our Ancestry.” Ecommerce was up by 25% in July. Despite the social distancing easing measures, Brazilians keep buying on the Internet. And Tunisia’s trade deficit narrowed year-to-date through July. As its imported slowed, the Arab country managed to narrow its trade deficit. |
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The impact of Covid-19 on shipping logistics between Brazil and the Arab countries has been less severe than expected, Union of Arab chambers secretary-general Khaled Hanafy said. He was featured in a webinar on the effects of Covid-19 on Brazilian-Arab logistics, hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) and by the Union this Wednesday morning (12). The event got viewed by some 900 people in Brazil and the world over.
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Ports across Brazil saw a 4% increase in cargo throughput year-to-date through May from a year ago. So said the Brazilian Secretariat for Ports’ New Concessions and Port Regulation Policies director, Fabio Lavor (pictured above) during the webinar “The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on Arab logistics: Challenges and opportunities for Arab-South American partnerships.” The event was hosted this Wednesday (12) by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) and the Union of Arab Chambers, and it got some 900 viewers in Brazil and the world over.
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The plane KC-390 Millennium of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) took off on Wednesday (12) from the São Paulo Air Base in Guarulhos taking six tonnes of donations to Lebanon. President Jair Bolsonaro participated in the ceremony together with former president Michel Temer, who was invited by the government to lead the mission to the Arab country. Temer and his entourage traveled to Lebanon in an Embraer 190. Representatives of the entities that collected a portion of the donations, including the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, participated in the ceremony.
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Tunisia’s trade deficit became 32% narrower year-to-date through July from the year-ago period, from TND 11.1 billion (USD 4 billion) to TND 7.5 billion (USD 2.7 billion at current exchange rates). The information was released by state-run news outlet Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) quoting National Institute of Statistics numbers.
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Despite the partial, gradual reopening of stores and malls across Brazil, the ecommerce has kept growing during the coronavirus pandemic and changed the Brazilian consumers’ habits. Figures from the Industry Report on the Ecommerce in Brazil reveal that in July the number of hits were up by 25% month on month, reaching 1.29 billion hits in online commerce pages in the country.
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Brazil’s cereal, legume and oilseed output is expected to be 250.5 million tons this year. If the forecast from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) proves true, output will be 9 million tons and 3.8% bigger than in 2019.
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An original research mapped the DNA of the people in the Brazilian state of Ceará and revealed that one of their origins is Arab. This is addressed in the book O Cearense Revelado: uma jornada via DNA desvenda nossa ancestralidade [The Cearense Revealed: A DNA journey unveils our ancestry], which was launched online last week and devotes a chapter to the Arabs, who have a significant presence in the capital and the Sertão central region of the state.
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July saw 364,600 tons of raw and processed poultry products exported from Brazil, down 5,7% year-on-year in July. Export revenues came out to USD 498.2 million, down 25%. The numbers are from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA).
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