DOHA: Qatar Development Bank’s (QDB) export development agency, Tasdeer, is gearing up for showcasing Qatar’s exporting potentials at the upcoming international building and construction show – Big 5 — in Dubai. The award-winning SME organisation recently held its third consecutive meeting with 24 Qatari companies who will represent Qatar at the exhibition in order to pave the way for showcasing the country’s full exporting potential to the world at Qatar’s 300sqm pavilion.
“Big 5” is slated to take place on November 5-8 at Dubai’s World Trade Centre and will see in attendance thousands of key industry players. The show, which has been organised in Dubai for more than three decades, registered over 50,275 participants in 2011 with 33 national pavilions.
Tasdeer gave attendees an in-depth overview of the Big 5 programme which allows exhibitors ample opportunities for networking and expanding their business.
Mansour bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, QDB’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “QDB is strongly committed to developing and promoting the local exporting capacity through continued support the domestic private sector. “Tasdeer” aims at establishing solid exporting fundamentals which include adequate credit guarantees, risk mitigation and global business opportunities in addition to promoting the contribution of exports to Qatar’s economy in its entirety.”
Hassan Khalifa Al Mansouri, Executive Director of Qatar Export Development Agency, said: “Tasdeer adopts a comprehensive export-driver strategy and our presence at exhibition the caliber and scope of “Big 5” will certainly help connect our industry to the global exporting community and grow future international business possibilities. This, in turn, will positively impact the role of local exports in growing and, more importantly, diversifying Qatar’s GDP. Therefore, we urge every participant to take this step very seriously and save no effort to present what our country and industry really has to offer.”
Tasdeer’s export development and promotion services include developing Qatar export strategy for non-oil products, identifying products and target markets and providing trade information about foreign markets through tools like “Trade Map” and “Market Access Map”. Other services include conducting market entry studies for target markets.
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