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Focus Start your business RAKIA info rakinvestmentauthority com www rak ia com LOW COST OF BUSINESS SETUP OPERATIONS Industrial Land Warehouses OfficesFlexi Facilities Business Centers 7000 Companies 500 Manufacturers 1 Location Robert Espey Representative of Germany Trade Invest GTAI for the Middle East Germany Trade Invest is the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany Festival since 2010 Trade fairs in Saudi Arabia are the Foodex Saudi Jeddah next date 17 11 24 2014 the Saudi Agro Food Industries Trade Show Riyadh 08 11 09 2014 and the Saudi Food Hotel and Hospitality Arabia Jeddah 13 04 16 2015 Agricultural production and food processing In some fresh non processed agricultural product categories the GCC countries are able to cover their needs in whole or at least an important part of it by local production According to the latest data from the AOAD Saudi Arabia has a self sufficiency rate of about 90 per cent in fresh vegetables 60 per cent in fruits and 40 per cent in red and white meat as well as in milk and dairy products The production of eggs and potatoes in Saudi Arabia is even larger than the local demand Oman achieved a self sufficiency rate of about 70 per cent in fresh vegetables and fruits and about a third in meat Compared to Saudi Arabia and Oman the self supply rates in the other four GCC countries are much lower Qatar is the least self sufficient country among them All GCC countries are planning to expand their food industries in order to reduce the import of processed food Therefore it is expected that the procurement of food and packaging machines will show an upward trend In the GCC countries in addition to some large food producers there are a large number of small establishments which prepare imported food for the retail market especially packaging Until 2013 the earlier mentioned trade fair Gulfood was also the most important regional exhibition for food processing and packing machinery For the first time in 2014 a Gulfood Manufacturing exhibition will take place separately 09 11 11 2014 According to the organizers about 1 000 exhibitors have registered For the beverage industry the Dubai Drink Technology Expo is being held every year since 2008 around 200 participants have booked for the 2014 exhibition 14 16 12 2014 Suppliers of catering equipments for the hospitality industry are still part of the Gulfood exhibition in February In the Gulfood 2015 Germany will be participating for the eleventh time with an official pavilion sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy BMWi This year the German pavilion 902 sqm consisted of 47 companies presenting inter alia commercial kitchen equipment stainless steel products bakery equipment and cooling technologies