The latest statistics indicate that there are about 568 food and beverage factories registered with the Ministry of Energy and Industry, distributed over 37 industrial zones scattered across the UAE, at an investment rate of 30% of the total investment in the industrial sector.

Statistics also indicate that the annual production capacity of these factories amounts to about 5.96 million tons of various products, of which 2.3 million tons are of the major food items. These factories occupy 10% of the total workers in the industrial sector.

The number of industrial areas that the state abounds in is not easy, and the number of factories is not small, and the proportion of its production is not simple, as the food and beverage industries sector is one of the most important sectors that have emerged needed during the crisis, to double its production and compensate for what the market lost due to the failure of supply chains.

We have already witnessed, during the recent periods, how the local product spread abundantly within the associations and various "supermarket" stores, and in several news reports we noted how the owners of factories and manufacturing companies expressed their willingness to double local production, to compensate for the shortfall caused by the "Coffid-19" pandemic. As a result of declining import.

Really, a lord who is beneficial to us, and we do not know. Factories have proven their efficiency by contributing to achieving the local food security of the country during the crisis, which has become a more necessary requirement today than ever before.

And experience has shown that we are able to produce more to the point of exporting to the neighboring regions.

Now it is time to raise the efficiency of the industrial sector and industrial real estate in the country, as it is one of the priorities that must be taken care of more than ever, as one of the main outputs to enhance the state's position in the world in the field of manufacturing industries, and enhance its ability to achieve local self-sufficiency, especially during crises and emergencies. .

We have the ingredients and qualifications that make us in the ranks of those countries that achieve their food security, as we own tens of millions of industrial lands in distinct and specialized areas in the state, you need to shed light on them through finding clear mechanisms and more attractive investment facilities, with the aim of drawing the attention of investors to them, to become the same Added value to the sector and the economy.

After the experience of «Corona» .. Is not the time to raise the efficiency of the industrial real estate sector?

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Local factories have proven their efficiency by contributing to achieving the local food security of the country.