The Chairman of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, affirmed the keenness of Qatar and Austria to increase the volume of trade exchange, which reached 210 million dollars last 2019, and it reached about $ 138 million by the end of the third quarter of this year.
He pointed out that the Qatari private sector is keen to strengthen cooperation with its Austrian counterpart, pointing out that there are 33 Austrian companies operating in the Qatari market in partnerships with Qatari companies, in addition to three Austrian companies with 100 percent capital.
Khalifa Al Thani’s words came during his participation in the meeting of the twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly and the thirtieth meeting of the Board of Directors of the Arab-Austrian Chamber of Commerce, which was held via visual communication technology, and discussed the report on economic and commercial cooperation between Austria and the Arab countries.
Khalifa bin Jassim stressed the importance of strengthening trade and economic cooperation relations between Arab countries and Austria, pointing to the role that the Arab-Austrian Chamber of Commerce plays in this direction, as it is considered a bridge between Austria and the Arab countries in various fields, and since its establishment in 1989, it has been working to support, promote and encourage economic and commercial activities between the Arab and Austrian sides, in addition to achieving scientific and cultural communication and technology transfer. He deeply praised the cooperative relations between Qatar and Austria, stressing the two countries ’keenness to enhance trade and investment cooperation, and to strengthen relations between businessmen for the benefit of the economies of the two countries.
Source (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Newspaper, Edited)
