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HALAL INDUSTRY
Brunei Darussalam is working towards
positioning itself as a Halal industry hub in the
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and
ASEAN regions. At the same time, Brunei is also
focussed on the advancement of its Halal food,
beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
BIMP-EAGA, through BIMP-EAGA Vision 2025,
provides the policies that give significant
advantages to local businesses and their
alliances to expand within the region.
The Brunei Darussalam BIMP-EAGA Business
Council (BD-BEBC) strategic initiative is to
promote the development of the BIMP-EAGA
region as the main economic platform to move
towards a Halal economy.
BD-BEBC focusses on branding the BIMP-EAGA
region as an International Halal Trade Hub on
Syariah Compliance Value Stream and Trade
services. The council promotes the ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) to develop as an
industries and production base for the global
Islamic market.
On August 15, 2020, the BD-BEBC launched its
e-commerce platform, which is a joint initial
investment between GTWO International Co
Ltd – Thailand, IHTHS Corporation – Brunei
Darussalam and PT Winmas – Indonesia,
comprising products from BIMP-EAGA and
beyond with a category for the Syariah compliant
products.