|
ANBA Bulletin, February 17, 2022 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
|
| |
Plant-based foods advance in Gulf markets
This Thursday (17) in your ANBA Bulletin: plant-based products are a growing trend in the Gulf countries’ food market. Among the exhibitors at the largest show in the sector in the region, Gulfood, which occurred this week, several presented plant-based innovations. Brazilian company NoMoo, a member of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, was one.
Brazilians introduced duck meat shawarma during Gulfood. The initiative was organized by Brazilian Duck, a sectoral project to promote the national product abroad. Villa Germania, the largest duck meat production and export unit in Latin America, exhibited at the show.
Mercedes-Benz Brazil exported bus chassis to Tunisia. Shipments were delivered in January, and the buses, which will be assembled locally, will be used in urban transportation in the North African Arab country.
Egypt has new import rules. The Egyptian Central Bank has instructed banks to only accept letters of credit in the country’s import operations.
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
Mercedes-Benz Brazil delivered 17 urban bus chassis to Tunisia last month. Buses will be built with the chassis by a local company and used for public transport in five Tunisian cities, covering 712 km and transporting 4.5 million people a year.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Plant-based foods advance in Gulf markets
| |
 |
Vegans and consumers searching for healthier products could have much more options. Most food brands signal this trend at this year’s Gulfood. The term ‘plant-based’ is no longer an exception now; it is seen in many booths at the most notable food show in the Middle East, Gulfood.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The already traditional tasting of poultry shawarma from Brazil during Gulfood, the largest food show in the Middle East, gained a new flavor this year. Typical to Arab countries, the dish is now also being offered with duck meat. The Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) promotes the initiative at its booth at the event, in the Beef and Poultry pavilion.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The secretary-general and CEO of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), Tamer Mansour, met with the executive director of the Egyptian Food Export Council (FEC), May Khairy, during Gulfood, a show taking place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from February 13 to 17. The meeting was also attended by the commissioner for the exhibition sector of the FEC, Heba Soheil, and the director of International Relations and Regional Offices of the ABCC, Fernanda Baltazar.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The process of rapprochement with the Gulf countries has led an increasing number of foreign companies to physically establish themselves on Arab soil. For giants like BRF, the process has gained strength in recent times and should contribute to the commercialization of products at shows such as Gulfood 2022. The brand is exhibiting in the Beef and Poultry sector at a booth next to the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The flow of visitors at the 2022 edition of Gulfood has been positive until this Monday (14), the second day of the largest food event in the Middle East, held in Dubai. African executives are among the primary contacts sought by Brazilian companies at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) booth. This is the case of Golden Agri Resources (GAR), which has sugar as its flagship product at Gulfood, and its main target markets are on the African continent.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The Central Bank of Egypt has decided the country will only accept letters of credit, also known as documentary credits, in the execution of import operations from the beginning of March this year. An exception applies only to branches and subsidiaries of foreign companies in Egypt, from which other billing documents will be accepted for goods already shipped before the measure came into force.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF) launched two operations this Tuesday (15) against international drug trafficking and money laundering in cooperation with other countries, including Arab nations United Arab Emirates and Morocco. The information was released to the press by the PF, which clarified the goal is to dismantle criminal organizations.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez wears a wedding dress by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad in her latest film, romantic comedy ‘Marry Me’ (2022). She shares the big screen with Maluma and Owen Wilson.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) published this Wednesday (16) in the Official Federal Gazette a notice on open applications for sandwich doctorate scholarships abroad for Brazilians. CAPES is a foundation of the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC), whose primary mission is to expand and consolidate stricto sensu graduation courses, which are masters and doctoral degrees.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
 |
The Monthly Energy Bulletin of Brazil, from November 2021, published this month, informs the Internal Electricity Supply (OIEE), the sum of consumption minus distribution and transmission losses, is expected to grow 4.7% in 2021. Wind and solar sources rose 2.9% in the composition of the OIEE grid, reaching 13.4%, coming second only to hydraulic energy, responsible for 56.7% of the total supply.
|
|
|
|
|
