Arabs seek new suppliers in Brazil to strengthen food inventory

Governments in Arab countries are seeking new food suppliers in Brazil in an effort to strengthen their inventories in the Covid-19 pandemic, given the possibility that the disease may still affect export flows in producing countries and the fear of running out of products. that China resumes purchases in the international market, with the normalization of its economy. According to the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Morocco and Sudan have asked the organization for help in finding suppliers of beef, chicken, fish, sugar, rice, milk products, corn and fruits and other products that previously came mainly from Europe and that are no longer regularly supplied with the worsening pandemic on the continent. The organization's president, Rubens Hannun, explains that the Arabs are buying through their own supply ministries or importers recently accredited by the state, with no previous experience in the ...