The 30th Dubai Gulfood 2025Dubai Food Exhibition in 2025

Exhibition time: February 17-21, 2025 

Exhibition area: 300,000 square meters

Venue: Dubai, UAE 

Number of exhibitors: 5223 from 127 countries

Duration: once a year 

Visitors: 134,460 from 195 countries

more information from:https://www.gulfood.com/

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GULFOOD brand: Founded in 1987, Gulfood is the largest and most important industry event in the Middle East and North Africa region. Gulfood is a strategic business platform for both buyers and sellers, providing opportunities for both parties to discuss business cooperation matters face-to-face. At the same time, the fair also provides a platform for manufacturers, distributors and suppliers from the food industry from all over the world to showcase their latest exhibits and seek business opportunities. Gulfood 2023 is the 28th edition of the exhibition. With 5,223 exhibitors from 127 countries, the Dubai World Trade Centre opened a total of 25 pavilions with a total exhibition area of more than 300,000 square meters, attracting 134,460 professional visitors from 195 countries. 94% of this year's Gulfood 2023 exhibitors will continue to participate in next year's Gulfood.

In the last edition, food and beverage exhibits from China were always relied on by exhibitors and visitors, and the high-end brand image is still an important reason to attract international professional buyers. 52% of the buyers were from the Middle East, 26% from Asia, 10% from Africa, and 12% from Europe, the United States and Australia. 98% of exhibitors reported that Gulfood delivered the results they were looking for. 91% of exhibitors thought Gulfood was a great success, 88% of exhibitors expressed satisfaction and recognition of the quality of Gulfood's visitors, and 85% of exhibitors thought that Gulfood was worth attending and must attend, so it is not difficult to see why Gulfood was awarded the Best Show Award at the "Middle East's Most Influential Event" awards ceremony. The top 20 countries in terms of number of visitors are: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Iran, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, China, Russia, United Kingdom, Israel, Qatar, and the United States.

Food & Beverage: Canned Food, Food Processing Technology, Bakery Food, Confectionery & Confectionery Processing Technology, Frozen Food, Refrigerated Food, Dairy Products, Coffee & Tea, Meat Products, Poultry Food, Halal Food, Vegetables & Fruits, Health Food, Special Food & Fine Food, Fast Food & Snacks, Convenience Food.

Beverages: Non-alcoholic beverages, marine food.

The UAE is an oil-rich country, the country's income mainly comes from oil extraction, due to the lack of natural resources, in addition to oil and natural gas, other products, from industrial raw materials, equipment to civilian daily necessities are dependent on imports! The UAE is the largest importer among Arab countries, and as an entrepot trade center in the Middle East with an import volume of 41.3 billion US dollars, the international credit rating agency has given the UAE an A2 rating in terms of national loan strength. The country's long-term policy of economic diversification has borne fruit. Entrepot trade makes a significant contribution to the country's gross domestic product, bringing in nearly $1.5 billion in revenue.

Dubai is the most important trade market and entrepot market in the Middle East, according to customs statistics: the annual trade volume of food, food machinery and hotel equipment in the Gulf region is 9 billion US dollars, of which 70% is re-exported through Dubai. Through Dubai, a trade and entrepot market, it can radiate to West Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and other regions, and its population has reached 1.4 billion. Middle Eastern countries spend $38 billion a year on wheat, barley, rice, vegetable oil, sugar, meat and children's food from abroad, accounting for about 8% of the international food market. In recent years, with the increase in population, changes in food structure and rising food prices, the demand for food in Middle Eastern countries has been increasing year by year, with an annual growth rate of 7%, while the development rate of domestic food production is very slow, with an annual growth rate of only 2%, which is far from meeting domestic demand. Middle Eastern countries import a large amount of chocolate, candy, biscuits, purified water, etc. from Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and other places every year; China's tea, canned food, convenience food, honey, red dates, walnut kernels, sweet garlic, condiments and other specialties are in high demand locally.

To sum up, this exhibition is undoubtedly an opportunity for Chinese companies to explore the Middle East market! About 40% of the UAE's imported products are re-exported to other parts of the Middle East, Africa and Eastern European countries, and its market radiates nearly 30 countries with a total population of 1.5 billion, making it the largest commodity distribution center for various products sold to the above countries and regions.

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