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13.5 billion dirhams, the size of the food sector in “Jafza”
The food and beverage sector in (Jafza) represents 20% of the food and beverage trade in Dubai.
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Ahmed Al-Haddad: "The UAE plays a role in the advancement of the food and beverage sector, and the development of its enormous potential."
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The food and beverage sector in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) plays a major role in achieving the UAE's competitive aspirations at the global level.
This sector, which represents about 20% of the total food and beverage trade in Dubai, with a value of 13.5 billion dirhams, provides a wide range of rewarding incentives;
Such as exemption from customs duties, value-added tax and corporate tax, which all contribute to promoting the emirate's ambitious plans for continued growth.
By reformulating and approving the latest trends in the field of food manufacturing and distribution, Jafza contributes to enhancing local food production in the country, thus achieving the objectives of the National Food Security Strategy 2051.
“The food and beverage industry is developing rapidly as a result of new industry trends and technological development,” said Ahmed Al-Haddad, Executive Director of Complex Operations and Free Zones at DB World UAE.
As a global center for logistics and food product manufacturing, the importance of the UAE's great role in advancing the sector and developing its enormous potential is underlined.
For this, we are working to enhance its diversity, by increasing the volume of investments in the food and beverage sector, raising the numbers of trade and production rates, and attracting attractive investment opportunities in the food and beverage market.”
He added: “To achieve this, we rely on the capabilities of (Jafza), the leading commercial and logistics center, to adapt to meet the needs of the diverse food and beverage industries, and its support for the supply chain of food products from the farm to the shelves of consumer stores directly;
Jafza's joint facilities allow it to be used for commercial activities, or to process various types of products and foodstuffs and prepare them for consumption, including the largest sugar refinery in the world.
All these advantages contribute to enhancing our continuous efforts to upgrade our facilities, on which we rely in building high-value global and regional partnerships.”
The integrated food and beverage sector in (Jafza) meets the requirements of a variety of food manufacturing and distribution sectors, and the free zone is the headquarters of a number of the most important international brands;
Including (Unilever, Nestlé, Heinz, McCain Hunter Foods, Alcozy Group of Companies, Gulf Sugar, Byara), and others.
The Free Zone's equipped infrastructure caters to all the changing demands of food and beverage brands, including processing, processing and blending services, seafood farms, processing and packaging, trading, distribution and warehousing, as well as office space.
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