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ANBA Bulletin, February 25, 2021 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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This Thursday (25) in your ANBA Bulletin: Brazilians are returning to in-person events in the Arab world. Earlier this week, Brazilian enterprises were at Gulfood, a food industry show in Dubai, and IDEX, a defense industry event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Arab country has been vaccinating its population. With protect measures and a smaller attendance, the shows have seen new deals and networking. An Emirates plane arrived in Brazil carrying vaccines from India, a book teaches Arabic words for business, Brazilian food exports to Arab countries are down, and an Egyptian company has exported oranges to Brazil. And Brazilian researcher Muna Omran took on the mission of breaking stereotypes on the Arab countries, Islam, and Arab and Muslim women. |
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Company Wadi El Zaytoon is one of the first-ever Egyptian suppliers of citrus to Brazil. It shipped off its first two containers loaded with oranges, limes and tangerines late last December, and the shipment arrived at Brazil’s Port of Santos in January. Three more containers arrived last Sunday (21), with another five due by March 15, commercial manager Somaya Elarab said in an interview with ANBA. CEO Ahmed Mohamed Abdelkader joined the interview through Zoom.
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Exports from the Brazilian food and beverage industry to the Arab countries were down 8.7% in 2020 from the previous year. The bloc purchased USD 6.19 billion worth in products last year. Despite the decline, the Arabs remain as the second largest purchasing market of Brazil’s food industry, only behind Asia. The figures were made public on Wednesday (24) by the Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA).
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A doctor in History and Literary Theory from the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Muna Omran is the daughter of a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she co-founded the Group of Studies and Research on the Middle East (GEPOM) and has pursued a long academic path, focusing on breaking stereotypes on the Middle East, Arab countries, Islam, and Arab and Muslim women. Omran gave a phone interview to ANBA on Wednesday (24).
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Brazilian defense material manufacturers have been liaising and talking deals for three days now at the International Defence Exhibition And Conference (Idex) taking place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from February 21 to 25. Idex 2021 is the first in-person defense industry event joined by Brazilian enterprises since the pandemic broke out. The Brazilian participation has been orchestrated by the Brazilian Defense and Security Material Industries Association (Abimde).
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A book in Portuguese called Usando a língua para conquistar [Using Language to Conquer] teaches key words for speaking in several languages, including Arabic. The book was launched last Sunday (21) and brings words in 22 languages that are important to approach people from different cultures.
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The number of enterprises operating in free zones across the United Arab Emirates was up 4.4% in the 12 months through February 2021, according to the UAE’s National Economic Register (NER), an arm of the Ministry of Economy, official news outlet WAM reported.
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Brazil’s Federal Gazette published on Tuesday (23) a decree listing several infrastructure enterprises to be privatized. The list includes roads, ports and airports to be included in the Investment Partnership Program (PPI), and federal enterprises in the port and airport sectors added to the National Privatization Program (PND).
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An Emirates plane arrived in Guarulhos Airport, Brazil on Tuesday (23) morning carrying two million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that had originated in India. The plane left Mumbai on Monday 22 at 2am (BRT) and first stopped in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Gulfood 2021, the Middle East’s premier food industry show, is marking the return of Brazilian brands to major in-person events. The show began on Sunday (21) and will continue until Thursday (25), featuring 42 Brazilian enterprises across four different pavilions. The Brazilian participation has been organized by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil). The event takes place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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A decree made public by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply on the Federal Gazette on Monday (22) established a Crisis Committee to oversee and devise strategies to cushion the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on farm output and the supply of food products to the Brazilian population. The committee will support the Ministry in decision making while measures to face the public health emergency remain in force.
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