The Peninsula reported that Italian steel tycoon Mr Marcegaglia
will lead a high level delegation to Qatar on January 5th 2010.

The delegation, led by Mr Antonio Marcegaglia CEO of
Marcegaglia Group will meet the Minister of Business and
Foreign Trade Mr HE Khaled bin Mohammed Al Attiyah.
Italy and Qatar are strengthening their commercial ties and in the
past years an increasing number of Italian businessmen have
chosen Qatar as their preferred hub in the Middle East.
Ever since 2007, Italy has been one of the major exporter to
Qatar, along with the US, Japan and Germany.

The Q1 of 2009
saw around EUR 663.3 million trade dealings between the 2
countries. Italy's major exports to Qatar include mainly metals