The Malaysian Agriculture Office in Dubai is conducting market studies and meeting interested parties with a view to increasing the export volume of Malaysia's agro-based products to the emirate and beyond. Agriculture Counsellor Abdul Razak Ahmad said among the areas to be looked into include demand and supply factors as well as pricing to make such products more competitive. "What I've observed is that there are many agro-based products from countries like Thailand and the Philippines in Dubai. And Malaysia too would like to make its presence felt here," he told Bernama.
He said the office would serve as a matchmaker between Malaysian companies and those in the UAE intending to do business in the agricultural sector together. The Dubai office is part of a chain of bureaus opened by the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry in an effort to promote Malaysian agro-based products abroad. The rest are located in the Netherlands, China, Thailand, Japan, Australia and United States. Abdul Razak said that Malaysian papayas and jackfruits were available in Dubai albeit in small quantities.
He said he was in the process of meeting local companies already importing agro-based products from Malaysia to encourage them to increase the volume. Being a big producer of pineapples, he said, Malaysia should also be looking at exporting the fruit to this part of the world. "We also have fruits like guava, dragon fruit and star fruit that could be marketed here," he said, adding that seasonal fruits were also an option. Abdul Razak noted that Malaysia exported fruits in large quantities to places like Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and parts of Europe.
He said he had met senior United Arab Emirates agriculture officials who expressed support over the setting up of the agriculture office in Dubai. "Being a wealthy country, UAE and Dubai can buy anything from all the four corners of the world," he added.
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