Chairman of the Qatar Chamber: GCC Unified Policy for Purchasing Food and Pharmaceutical Commodities

  • Doha, State of Qatar
  • 15 May 2023
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The Chairman of Qatar Chamber, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, called for "developing a unified Gulf policy for the purchase of food and pharmaceutical commodities and providing incentives to Gulf investors."

This came during Qatar Chamber's participation in the consultative meeting between the GCC Ministers of Commerce and the Chairmen of the Councils of GCC Federations and Chambers of Commerce and Industry held in Muscat.

During the meeting, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani raised the issue of the supply chain crisis and its effects on the GCC countries in the shortage of food commodities and high prices. Pointing to the need to form a permanent emergency crisis committee with the preparation of a strategy to search for import alternatives with the importance of finding a unified policy for the unified purchase of strategic food and pharmaceutical commodities and providing encouraging investment incentives for Gulf investors."

Source (Al-Raya Qatari Newspaper, Edited)

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