The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Ghanaian
International Office recently announced the organization of a cosmetics certification roundtable at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
At the roundtable, participants discussed halal food
certification for food cosmetics that relate to the emirate’s strategy of
promoting Dubai as the Capital of Islamic Economy in the world. Also of
importance was enlightening Ghana’s largest exporters of raw agro material on the
processes they would need to use to be able to export their products to Dubai.
Participating in the event were the Ghana Export Promotion
Centre, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and Ghana Free Zone Board, as well as
producers of Shea nuts and butters, cashew and cocoa beans, the Emirates
Standardisation & Meteorology Authority and Ghana Shea Alliance.
“The roundtable fittingly shed light on the importance of
halal and organic certification through presentations highlighting the
possibility of increased trade volumes between Ghana and Dubai and a rise in
demand for Ghanaian produce in the emirate and their subsequent re-export to
the regional markets,” Omar Khan, director of international offices for the
Dubai Chamber, said.
