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US Food Exporters May See Expanding Market in UAE, USDA Says

U.S. food and beverage exporters should take advantage of “significant opportunities” to expand their business in the United Arab Emirates, which is experiencing a large expansion to its food processing sector, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report…

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released Jan. 25. UAE food and beverage processors are “almost entirely dependent” on imported ingredients due to the country’s low production of lightly processed agricultural goods, the agency said, and usually buy raw agricultural materials from foreign suppliers. USDA urged exporters to “study the market to determine if there is potential for their products.” This follows an earlier report on UAE food export opportunities (see 2201120010).