9/18/2023 0 Comments Uganda dubai expo 2021![]() Uganda has since profiled all its products, together with their major exporters, capacity and contact details for dissemination during the Expo. The Middle East Market is huge, and Uganda stands to gain significantly by effectively promoting the above products during and after the Expo, using Dubai as the distribution hub into the greater Middle East. There is untapped market potential with product such as coffee whose current market size is US$ 1.1billion but Uganda’s market share is only US$ 11million tea with a market size of US$ 1.2billion but Uganda’s market share is only US$ 220,000 milk powder with a market size of 2.85 billion but Uganda’s market share is only US$ 374,000. Other products are kidney beans, mung beans and sesame dairy products, especially milk powder processed food products particularly dried fruits (mango, pineapple, papaya, and jackfruit). The priority products for promotion during the Expo are coffee, black tea, cocoa, fish and fish products (Nile perch and tilapia), fruits (avocado, bananas, mangoes and pineapples) vegetables and spices including hot pepper (capsicums), ginger and cardamom. Uganda says its participation in the expo will promote trade with the greater Middle East market which had a total import bill of US$ 1.889 billion in 2020, initially targeting United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Turkey Qatar and Oman. “UIA plans to sign investment deals worth USD 4bn over the 6 months that Expo 2020 Dubai will run,” said UIA boss, Robert Mukiza. The investors will tomorrow, October 4, sign deals with the Ugandan government in the presence of president Museveni. Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) officials are issuing investment certificates to prospective investors in one hour.Īt the Expo, UIA top chiefs said they met with representatives of Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, a Chinese company engaged in the manufacture and sale of biochemical reagents, medical products and diagnostic test kits Uganda has stalls where visitors access information about tourism, mineral value addition, agriculture value addition and infrastructure investment potential. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Expo was rescheduled for Octoto March 31, 2022. On arrival at Abudhabi International Airport, President Museveni was received by Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al-Nahyan the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of UAE.Įxpo 2020 is a World Expo currently hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, originally scheduled for October 2020. ![]() Museveni spoke Saturday night in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) where Uganda is participating in the 2020 Dubai trade Expo. ![]() ![]() Other benefits include improved ICT, energy, transport and other infrastructure. Museveni cited Uganda’s proximity to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and larger African market of 1.4bn people access to tariff and quota free American, European and Chinese markets for key goods. President Museveni has rallied investors to risk their money in Uganda, saying the East African country guarantees access to a wider market of 1.4 billion people. Museveni speaking the Dubai expo in Dubai, UAE on Saturday night ![]()
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