27 international platforms display their products

Dates of the world..present at the "Liwa Festival"

Dates auction organized during the festival on a daily basis.

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27 international platforms display their products at the Liwa Dates Festival and Auction within the Global Date Village, offering the best types of dates and their derivatives, which bet on the high quality of the offered dates in order to open new markets for them, whether in the UAE, the region or around the world.

The festival’s activities and competitions will continue until the 24th of this month in the city of Liwa in Al Dhafra, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in the Al Dhafra region, organized by the Cultural and Heritage Programs and Festivals Management Committee in Abu Dhabi.

Exhibitors from different countries, including Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco, Mauritania, India, Britain, Canada, Bangladesh, Morocco, Lebanon and others, competed to introduce the features of their products and ways to use dates in other auxiliary industries, in addition to discussing opportunities for cooperation and partnerships.

Osama Abdel-Fattah, director of development at Al-Shorouk Dates Factory in Egypt, said, "The festival consolidates Abu Dhabi's position as a key player in the dates sector in the Middle East and the world, especially as the event provides an opportunity for communication between producers and manufacturers of dates in the region with major traders and investors around the world, thus contributing in enhancing food security at the Arab and international levels.

He added that their factory specializes in derivatives of black dates and coffee dates that are exported to the American market.

important meeting

While the owner of the Taiba Dates Company in Saudi Arabia, Sharaf Ahmed, said that “the company located in Madinah opened a branch in Ajman about four years ago, due to the growing demand for its products,” noting that the festival harnesses all its capabilities to be a forum for those interested in dates in the world. Whether they are producers, manufacturers or traders.

She explained that her company specializes in the famous Al-Madina Ajwa, an organic product that holds recognition certificates, stressing that participation in the festival will open new marketing channels for them and international partnerships to market their products.

While the owner of Al-Ghalali Dates Company in Jordan, Yasser Al-Ghalali, saw that the festival is an opportunity to display the products of his farms from the Medjool dates, in addition to being a platform to learn about the products of international farms and to learn about modern methods of preserving and caring for the “blessed tree” palm.

For his part, Mohammed Al-Issawi, Marketing Director of Lamico Company from Palestine, said that being in the midst of this momentum of international participation of producers, exporters and manufacturers of dates provides an opportunity to learn about and benefit from the experiences and expertise of specialists from all countries of the world.

5 tons

The proceeds of the date auctions at the Liwa Dates Festival and Auction amounted to more than five tons of dates from the UAE farms and production this year, as it recorded the sale of 1585 boxes of luxurious Emirati dates, amid large participation from the competitors.

The date auction is held during the festival on a daily basis, with 10 auctions.

winners

The Organizing Committee of the Liwa Dates Festival and Auction crowned the winners of the open Diabetes Mazayna competitions for the people of the country and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the Liwa Elite competition for dates, and the dates packaging competition.

The results of the diabetes mellitus open to the people of the country and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries resulted in Khaled Al-Sulaiman Ali Al-Obaid winning first place.

In the Liwa Elite Dates Competition, Sultan Saeed Muhammad Sultan Al-Ariani came first.

In the date wrapping competition, the gentlemen’s category, first place was won by Maryam Sultan Al-Ariani.

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