Focus 8 German food exports to the GCC countries in 2013 in millions SITC Product Saudi Arabia UAE Kuwait Qatar Oman Bahrain Total 708 1 130 6 45 3 24 2 12 1 8 7 00 Live animals 3 8 6 8 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 01 Meat Meat preparations 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 02 Dairy products 61 9 24 7 9 3 9 1 1 4 0 8 03 Fish 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 Cereals cereal preparations 534 6 16 3 7 9 5 1 2 7 2 4 05 Vegetables and fruits 8 3 9 4 1 7 0 4 0 9 0 9 06 Sugar sugar preparations honey 17 7 8 1 6 4 1 2 0 9 1 2 07 Coffee tea spices etc 21 1 18 0 4 8 2 0 0 7 0 7 08 Animal feed stuff 2 4 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 09 Misc edible products ETC 56 3 20 4 6 7 2 4 1 3 1 0 11 Beverages 2 0 20 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 1 3 Source Eurostat in Dubai is the Ghassan Ahmed Al Sulaiman Trading Company GAAST since 1992 This company also supplies other European and American food products The majority of German products offered in Dubai s major supermarkets are from the GAAST portfolio which includes among others German brands like Granini Tchibo Teekanne Haribo Coppenrath Biscuits Kölln Müsli PEMA Brot Feinkost Dittmann Stollenwerk vegetables and fruit refined and Wiesenhof Geflügel Examples of other German brands available in Dubai s supermarkets are Ritter Sport Trumpf Schogetten Delba bread Bohlsener Mühle Bio Langnese Gerolsteiner mineral water Oldenburger dairy products or Dallmayr coffee Local trade fairs with German pavilions The most important regional food trade fair is the yearly Gulfood Food and Hospitality in Dubai next date 08 12 02 2015 Germany participated in 2014 for the fourth time with an official German food pavilion sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture BMEL In the German pavilion in the Saeed Hall a total of 66 German food and beverage companies took the opportunity to showcase their products Gulfood 2014 which was once again completely booked out featured 4 500 exhibitors from 120 countries and 82 000 visitors Another important regional food exhibition is the Sweet Snacks Middle East which is held in autumn every year since 2007 next date 09 11 11 2014 The organiser of this confectionery and snacks exhibition is the Cologne Trade Fair Again in 2014 the BMEL sponsors a German pavilion At Sweets Snacks Middle East in 2013 a total of 178 companies from 32 countries were present The number of visitors reached 6 213 Parallel to the Sweets Snacks three special exhibitions take place the International Perishables Expo Middle East since 2009 the Ingredients Middle East since 2008 and the Speciality Food QATAR S FOODSTUFF IMPORTS WITNESSED ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN 2013 OF 2 1