Al Barakah Dates to drive India expansion with Dubai Industrial City factory

Al Barakah Dates to drive India expansion with Dubai Industrial City factory

- Al Barakah Dates will process and export bulk raw materials to the largest date consumer market.

- A step to boost trade and investment, in line with the Dubai Economic Agenda and ‘Make it in the Emirates’.

Dubai, UAE: In a move that reinforces the UAE’s status as a global manufacturing and export hub, Al Barakah Dates announces plans to expand its presence in India. The market leading dates processor will process and export over 30,000 tonnes of bulk raw material from its factory in Dubai Industrial City, a member of TECOM Group PJSC, to promote UAE-farmed and produced dates and date derivatives.

The joint venture with India-based leading food processing firm Candor Foods Pvt Ltd was announced today at a signing ceremony at Gulfood 2023. It comes on the back of the UAE-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) announced in May 2022 to enable greater market access through preferential tariff rates and benefits.

Al Barakah Dates factory in Dubai Industrial City is the world’s largest privately-owned date factory. It is designed to process over 100,000 tonnes of date and date products annually – equivalent to almost half of the UAE’s entire domestic harvest. The joint venture will employ the factory’s extended production