São Paulo – Dubai’s free zone Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) wants to attract Brazil-based companies to structure out coffee processing operations, reported the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), which is seeking out partners in Brazil for the institution that specializes in receiving, processing and exporting commodities from the emirate.
The sought-after partners are firms that could supply the green coffee or are interested in selling coffee processed in the Middle East from Dubai. The emirate is one of the world’s largest goods redistribution centers, with several free zones that specialize in different economic segments.
According to Rafael Solimeo, head of the ABCC office in Dubai, the goal is taking advantage of the presence of Brazilian coffee exporters at the food and beverage show Gulfood, which will be held in the emirate from February 13 to 17, to present the project and discuss eventual partnerships.
“DMCC has a coffee center that could be used to process green coffee, and in Gulfood we will suggest bringing coffee here, processing it [at DMCC], adding cardamom [used in Arabic coffee] and selling it to Saudi Arabia, Oman, or Bahrain,” he says.
Last November, DMCC chairman Ahmed Sultan Bin Sulayem was in Brazil to present the newly opened cacao center of DMCC to cacao processing plants — including Cacau Show – and farms.
In an interview with Terraviva TV channel, he explained that the free zone’s processing plants offer industrialization processes that could be used by companies interested in setting up there. “It’s an important benefit for startups and companies that are new to the UAE, as they don’t need to buy equipment, just use our services, thus saving time and money,” Sulayem said.
The free zone opened on 2022 aimed at attracting food commodities from across the globe and exported them, both processed and raw from Dubai to other countries. In addition to the cacao and coffee centers, it also features a tea processing center.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
