35 %is an increase in the supply of vegetables and fruits to Dubai before Ramadan

Dubai Food Supply Companies reported that the import contracts have been increased different varieties of vegetables and fruits to Dubai markets at additional rates, ranging between 20 and 35% before Ramadan, compared to normal periods, in order to keep pace with the growth of demand during the holy month of Ramadan.

They assured «Emirates Today» that Dubai markets are currently witnessing a great abundance in the supply and stock that are sufficient to meet the needs of local markets, as well as to re -export to foreign markets, especially with keeping pace with the local agricultural production season with the Ramadan season, which supports the abundance of supply, stressing that there are no justifications for raising the prices of vegetables and fruits locally.

In detail, the head of the Morsi Group of Vegetables and Fruits in Dubai, President of the “Farzana Commercial Company”, Mohamed Al -Sharif, said that the market of vegetables and fruits in Dubai is currently witnessing a great abundance of supply and stocks of various items, especially with the tendency of many companies to increase import in large additional quantities before the Ramadan season, to keep pace with the growth of demand during the month of fasting.

He added that the inventory and quantities supplied to the emirate markets of vegetables and fruits are sufficient to meet the needs of local markets, as well as to meet the requirements of re -export during Ramadan to the region’s markets, as well as other markets.

Al -Sharif stressed that there are no justifications for increasing the prices of any varieties of vegetables and fruits before or during the month of Ramadan, even in the event of an increase in demand at large rates, explaining that the reason for this is due to the increase in import contracts, in addition to the coincidence of Ramadan with the local agricultural production season that continues to supply different varieties of vegetables and fruits, at different rates to local markets even after the end of Ramadan.

He continued: «The Dubai Central Market of Vegetables and Fruits will reach daily about 500 containers, equivalent to between 11 and 15 thousand tons of different varieties of vegetables and fruits supplied from different countries, to be supplied to local markets, as well as re -export to the various Arab and international markets.

He pointed out that Dubai is an important regional center for the re -export of vegetables and fruits, which makes it a large stock that is increased according to the requirements to face any needs, whether in the state markets or the neighboring markets to which it is re -exported.

In turn, the director of the commercial company “Hilo” to supply food and vegetables, Sharif Waheed, said that his company increased the import contracts before the month of Ramadan at rates of about 35%, in order to keep pace with the high demand during the month of fasting, whether in the local markets or in the neighboring markets to which it is re -exported.

He added that most of the supply companies operating in the Dubai market raised before Ramadan to import contracts at different rates, some of which ranged between 20 and 40%, according to their supply and export requirements.

Waheed agreed with Al -Sharif that the markets are currently going through a large abundance stage in the supply, while keeping pace with the peak period of the local production season, which makes the prices stable, with the availability of stock in a way that prevents any price increases, no matter how high the demand indicators, but rather allowing the rates of discounts in different rates on various items.

He pointed out that the Dubai market is a strategic center for re -exporting vegetables and fruits, especially with many companies going to diversify the import operations continuously, and expand import from neighboring countries, such as Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iran.

For his part, the CEO of “Mirac” food and vegetable supply, Issa Naguib Al -Khoury, said that import contracts were raised at approximately 30% rates before Ramadan, to keep pace with the growth of consumer demand during that period.

He stated that the Dubai market is supplied to the various local markets, in addition to the re -export, pointing out that keeping pace with the production of the local agricultural season for the month of Ramadan supports a great abundance in supplies and stocks in the local markets, in a way that supports the stability of prices for various varieties of vegetables and fruits.