Russia has all chances to become a global exporter of halal products. This was stated by President of the International Poultry Development Program (UIPDP) Albert Davleyev during the session "International experience and perspectives of development of the halal industry," undertaken under the Business Forum "World Experience and outlook for Halal and Islamic financing" at the Third Moscow International Halal Exhibition - Moscow Halal Expo 2012. The session raised issues of development of halal industry and halal certification, international cooperation in this area, as well as other relevant issues concerning this area.
The Session Moderator Albert Davleyev told the participants
of the Forum that the United States and Brazil payed great attention to programs
aimed at promoting halal products in export markets. For example, Brazil exports
nearly 40% of produced on its territory halal meat products, U.S. exports 16% of
poultry and develops the poultry and turkey halal domestic market. Russia,
according to the expert, has obvious geographical advantages over the U.S.,
Brazil and Europe because of its close proximity to Central Asia and the Middle
East.
Marat Sarsenbayev, the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the number 57
on the standardization of products "Halal" under the Ministry of Industry and
Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan also delivered his report to the gathered.
His speech about how important it is for a Muslim to consume halal food, did not
leave any indifferent listener. 
Dr. Muhammad Al-Kanhal - a member of the Saudi royal family and chairman of the KSA's Food and Drug Administration (SFDA, Saudi Arabia), spoke about the activities of the organization and implementation of its control over food, medicines and drugs. Since the foundation of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Sharia laws, all food sold in the country, both local and foreign, must be halal.
Chagry Koseyener, Head of General Department of Security and Control of products of the Turkish Republic Ministry of Economy, said in his speech about the trend of world population to care about the purity and usefulness of the products and in this context halal food became more relevant.
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Bakr Rieger, President of the European Union of Muslims, made a speech on "The
role of social networks in the development of a proper understanding of Halal
and promotion of Islamic business" and presented a new online project
Salamworld. "The question of how to live in harmony with the new technologies is
important for the Muslim community. Salamworld is to be a complete social
network with all its features, but compatible with the basic concepts of
Islam."
And finally, Aydar Gazizov, Chairman of the Eurasian Union of standardization and certification of Halal, told about the aims and activities and also noted that this year marked the 10th anniversary of the founding of the International Center of Standardization and Certification "Halal" under the Russian Muftis Council. In commemoration of this event a solemn reception was held for the participants of the Forum.
