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Brief Report

India-Brazil Business Council

 

Minister for Development and Trade, Mr. Sergio Amaral, visited India in April 2002. A powerful 41-member business delegation accompanied the Minister on his visit to India.

During the visit, first meeting of India-Brazil Business Council was held at New Delhi. The Brazilian side mentioned that the large visiting delegation of Brazil was the symbol of interest of Brazil in the economic cooperation in areas of trade and joint ventures with India.  Brazilian side stated that Brazil has identified India among the seven priority countries in their trade policy and expressed the hope that IBCC will achieve the real objective of promoting trade and investment between two countries.

The Indian side expressed the pleasure over the visit of the Brazilian delegation and stated that India was keen to enhance trade with Brazil and sought the views of the members of the IBCC about the kind of mechanism to be adopted for more increased interaction on bilateral trade issues.  It was agreed by both the sides that meetings of IBCC may be held once in six months alternately in each other countries. Next meeting was agreed to be held in Manaus, Brazil in September 2002.

The list of participants is annexed below.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING OF IBCC HELD ON 8.4.2002 AT FEDERATION HOUSE, NEW DELHI

 

INDIAN SIDE

 1.     Shri L V Saptharishi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India

2.     Shri D. K. Mittal, Joint Secretary (FT LAC), Ministry of Commerce, Government of India

3.     Shri Amitav Tripathi, Additional Secretary (LAC), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

4.     Mr. Raghupati Singhania, Managing Director, J K Industries Ltd.

5.     Shri Ranjit Lall, Director General, FIEO

6.     Shri Krishan Kalra, Additional Secretary-General, FICCI

7.     Shri Sunil Trikha, General Manager, Exim Bank of India

8.     Shri Jayant Bhuyan, Secretary-General, ASSOCHAM

 

 

BRAZILIAN SIDE

1.   Dr. Roberto Gianetti da Fonseca, Executive Secretary of the External Trade Chamber (CAMEX)

2.   Mr. Isac Roffe Zagury, Director, National Bank for Economic and Social Development

3.   Mr. Helio Mauro Franca, Deputy  General Manager, Agency for Export Promotion (APEX)

4.   Mr. Silas Paulo Rezende Gouveia, Principal Secretary to the Head of the National Agency for Sanitary Inspection (ANVISA)

5.   Mr.Secretary Alfredo Camargo, The Director General of the Department of Trade Promotion of the  Ministry of External Relations

6.   Dr. Jose Rubens de la Rosa, The Director of the National Association of the Automotive Vehicle  Manufacturers (ANFAVEA)

7.   Mr. Carlo Lovatelli, President of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oils Industjries (ABIOVE)