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UAE the Opportunities

for Agricultural Products

and the Regulations that Must Be Prepared

United Arab Emirates (UAE) was the agricultural products importer from Thailand. From 2019-2021 Thailand
exported the agricultural products to UAE around 0.6 per cent compared with overall the globally exported
agricultural products, the average export value of 4 years (2019-2021) was 7.63 billion baht by exporting rate
growth around 6.60 % each year. For the top 5 product that export to UAE were seasoned fish, beer brewing
from malt, rice, pineapple and pet food.

However, the agricultural products were supported by both Thai The legal of the food import to UAE
government and the destination country like UAE. On March 2022 the This is a general regulation from Ministry of Climate Change
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has a discussion with Ministry 1and Environment (MOCCAE) for safety import food to UAE,
of Economy from UAE about stimulate the investment in agroindustry there has a system for import and re-export food (FIRS) which is a
and food security in the future. Moreover, Thailand was suggesting the contemporary by submitting the required documents (such as the
Department of Livestock Development to be a main institution for able label document or slaughtering as Halal procedure, the document
to certify the processed chicken factory which car export their products about the health effect) online for asking a permission to export food.
to UAE. Nevertheless, the producer who wants to export the agricultural If the documents approved, that food product will get a specific barcode
goods to UAE supposed to know the step for export their agricultural that keep all the information and this barcode must be used along the
products registration and legal documents which included in the supply chain. Moreover, the food products will pass a sample test for
regulations and their product. approval analyst by Dubai Municipality Food & Environment
Laboratory when the product has arrived in Dubai. This is just the
beginning of the food export to UAE, if you want to transport your food
to others place in the state you must know an extra requirement like
the another copied of the export document to the destination area.

Plant and Animal Quarantine measures
Another measure under control by Ministry of Climate Change
2 and Environment (MOCCAE) which about plant and animal
quarantine, for plant quarantine, it’s represented as a banned pest
list and will quarantine the whole lot of goods if found the evidence
of it. In the other hands, there also have a pest list which are allowed
to find out (under a circumstance). The animal quarantine measure
will focus on the living animal and products which all animals would
be examine. Moreover, the manufacturer will inform the hygienic
approval documents from the exporter’s country department who take
control about this issue with others important documents.

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