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Exports to Jordan will have to go through Easy Trade
This Friday (10) in your ANBA Bulletin: From March 1, 2023, all export processes from Brazil to Jordan will be carried out in the digital platform Easy Trade of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC). An event held at the entity's headquarters on Thursday (9) presented the tool to exporters. In addition to discussing the digital transformation of trade, the meeting also unveiled the calendar of activities the ABCC prepared for 2023, centered on the halal market.
Brazilian knitwear brand Maria Pavan serves the Arab market with modest fashion and discreet style widely used by religious people. The brand sells to boutiques and department stores in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Sustainability startups are on the rise in Brazil. The country has been a hotbed for comanies aimed at environmental conservation. The number of cleantechs grew 83% from 2020 to 2021.
A campaign project to aid Syrian children led by ambassador Claudia Abbas with support from international partners will sell t-shirts with paintings by Syrian artists and revert the income to institutions assisting children in the Arab country. The project seeks partners in Brazil. |
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As sustainability has become a hot topic, entrepreneurs in Brazil have launched more and more businesses that combine the conservation of the planet and financial gains. The number of startups that produce clean technologies, the so-called cleantechs, has almost doubled in the country year on year. Most of them have already been born focused not only in Brazil but also in foreign markets that are more advanced for goods and services that benefit nature and the well-being.
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Brazilian knitwear brand Maria Pavan has established itself in the Arab markets by catering to modest fashion consumers. Buyers in this segment usually follow a religion – such as Islam – which is predominant in Arab nations – and value comfortable, neutral clothing that does not expose much of the body. Maria Pavan, however, went beyond these characteristics to conquer this audience abroad.
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The evolution of the halal market and the digital transformation of trade with the Arab countries will be at the heart of the activities of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in 2023. The institution presented its calendar this Thursday (9) in a hybrid event at the company’s headquarters in São Paulo, aimed at Brazilian and Arab companies. In addition to the schedule, the meeting also showed the steps the ABCC is taking towards the digital universe, with the advancements of its Ellos platform, built to digitalize Brazil’s trade processes with the Arab countries.
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“‘Tcharafna’ is what you say when you meet someone, like ‘please to meet you.’” That’s how artist Gui Mohallem explains the name of the section of his website featuring photos and videos of his trip to Lebanon. He visited the country his ancestors came from like someone who recognizes a part of themselves. “We’re much more Lebanese than we realize,” he said in a phone interview with ANBA.
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Starting March 1, 2023, all export processes from Brazil to Jordan will take place on Easy Trade, the digital platform of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC). The announcement was made by ABCC Technology director Marcos Bulgarelli at the event Digital Transformation – The New Era 5.0 in International Trade that took place on Thursday (9) in the auditorium of the ABCC and was streamed online.
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The facial structure of a 2,000-year-old Nabataean woman from the AlUla region has been reconstructed by experts from the Royal Commission for AlUla. They used the skeleton of the woman, dubbed “Hinat,” who authorities believed died in the first century B.C.
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The government of Egypt intends to expand the cultivation of oilseeds, such as maize and soybean, and foster the development of the local vegetable oil industry. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held two days of meetings with officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MOA) and the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade (MSIT) on the matter. The goal is to safeguard the Egyptian market from spikes and price hikes for vegetable oils and animal feed inputs.
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An initiative that arose as a legacy of the world exhibition Expo 2020 Dubai plans on using the promotion of Syrian art across the world as a way to help children in the Arab country. The project, led by Brazil’s Claudia Abbas and featuring international supports, will sell t-shirts printed with paintings by Syrian artists that were exhibited in Syria Pavilion at Expo 2020, thus generating funds for agencies that assist children in the country. The idea will start being implemented in Brazil, where Abbas is now seeking a trade partner to manufacture and sell the t-shirts.
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Foodstuff exports from Egypt had a slight growth of 0.5% last year compared to 2021. They reached USD 4.124 billion against USD 4.102 billion in the previous year. The Food Export Council of Egypt (FEC) predicted, in early 2022, to reach an expansion between 20% and 25%; however, the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war prevented the sector from reaching its target.
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The online extension course Brazil and Palestine: Sources of identification will open registration on February 27, with twelve classes being held from March 9 to June 1. The course organized by Brazil’s University of São Paulo (USP), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and University of Brasília (UnB) and Palestine’s Birzeit University and Al Quds University is the result of academic missions organized by the Representative Office of Brazil in Ramallah aimed to establish an academic cooperation between universities from both countries.
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Egypt’s Ministry of the Public Enterprises Sector completed the investment roadmap for its companies, which are expected to be offered to investors, either directly to large individual investors, or through the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX), in the current year as part of the public offerings program announced by the Egyptian government.
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Brazilian poultry protein exports (including all products, fresh and processed) totaled 420,900 tonnes in January, according to data released by the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) this Wednesday (8). The volume is a record for the month and exceeds by 20.6% that of January 2022.
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