The Complete Guide To Product Registration In Dubai

Dubai is known for providing one of the world’s best opportunities for investors and traders. In this regard, Dubai is not only the best in UAE and the whole Middle East region, but also has a prominent place on global level. Dubai favors large number of business activities for local and foreign investors. An important business activity that has large scope in Dubai is related to different products.

What is Product Registration in Dubai

Product registration is a comprehensive process that is carried out by relevant authorities in Dubai in order to ensure the quality and safety of any product. Completing this process is mandatory for traders before they can import, manufacture and sale their products in Dubai or re-export them to other countries from Dubai.

The procedure of product registration requires submission of several documents while there are several authorities take part in this process. The most important one is Dubai Municipality (DM) that is required for registration of majority of products. There are other departments as well for registration of specific products.

The government has allowed investors to import, manufacture and sell various types of goods in Dubai. But the government also wants to ensure that all the residents of Dubai (citizens and expat) purchase only best products in the city free from any type of contamination and fraud. To achieve this purpose, there is a complete procedure to follow for any company to register its products in Dubai.

This product registration process has allowed the entrance of only best products in Dubai of highest standards while this systematic procedure makes it easier for authorities to curb the entry of banned or illegal products in Dubai.

Benefits of Product registration in Dubai

There are several reasons that investors and merchants favor Dubai to supply their products. Few prominent ones include:

• There is large presence of local and foreign residents who are ready to purchase quality products. There is no shortage of profit one can gain through production, import and selling of these standard items
• The government of Dubai is very cooperative to companies and individuals who want to register various products in Dubai. The registration process is slightly lengthy and difficult. But the authorities have done everything necessary to make things easier for applicants to complete whole process conveniently
• The registration of products is allowed not only in Dubai mainland but few free zones also provide such facilities to investors. An example is DMCC – the world’s best free zone that is an attractive place for merchants of various commodities including precious metals, food products etc

As there are lots of businesses allowed to be established in Dubai and there are several products required by residents. Therefore, in order to provide all necessity items to these businesses and residents, the government of Dubai has allowed the registration of various types of products. This registration process is mandatory before launching a new product in Dubai.

Types of products registered in Dubai

The procedure and documentation of these different items may be different and the merchants may have to consult different types of authorities for their particular registration process. Following are important types of products that are required to be registered by relevant authority.

• Foodstuff registration
• Cosmetic products
• Medical products (including herbal medicine)
• Electronic equipment
• Mobile phones
• Clothing/shoes/accessories

Registration of a product in Dubai provides exclusive advantage to merchants as their Dubai registered product will automatically be qualified for the whole GCC region. There will no further requirement to register that product in any other GCC country separately.

Rules and Regulations for Product Registration in Dubai

There are certain rules and regulations designed for registration of all these products. Items like food materials, medical appliances and cosmetics are related to health of users. It is the reason that there is a specific standard set for registering these goods in Dubai.

The purpose of these restrictions is to limit the production and import of items that can be dangerous or harmful for common people or environment. It is the reason that several kinds of food colors (Yellow 2G, Fast Yellow AB, Patent Blue V etc.), food additives (amaranth, potassium bromate), certain chemicals used in cosmetic products, clothing materials contaminated with unsafe amount of pesticides etc. are strictly ban in Dubai.

There are several other requirements also while registering a product in Dubai. Few of these are:

• Ingredients of all the products must be mentioned in English or Arabic language on every product
• It is also mandatory to mention brand name, product name, net weight, manufacturing date and expiry date
• The product must not be registered with any other name or account
• There are several restrictions on production and import of items like alcoholic beverages, fertilizers, insecticides, fireworks etc. These products must be approved with relevant departments

Prohibited goods in Dubai

In general, there are several goods that are completely prohibited by the government of Dubai from import or manufacturing in Dubai. Few of these include:

• Narcotic drugs
• E-cigarette and electronic hukkah
• Betel leaves
• Swine
• Gambling tools
• Goods from Israel
• Items against Islamic faith and public morals
• Goods contaminated with radiation or nuclear fallout

Process of Product Registration in Dubai:

As there are different types of products that can be registered in Dubai, so the procedure for their registration may be different. Also, the registration authority and its procedure may be different in case of different types of products registration. Following are important departments that register products in Dubai.

• Dubai Municipality (DM) is the most important registration authority for product registration. It has to be consulted and required for registration of all types of products in Dubai. Food products registration, health supplements registration and cosmetic products registration in Dubai Municipality are few examples of the role played by Dubai Municipality regarding product registration in Dubai.
• ESMA (Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology) is the central UAE authority to check national quality standards. This authority is utilized to check quality of various products before authorizing its import or production in Dubai
• Ministry of Health (MOH) and Dubai Health Authority (DHA) are main regulatory bodies that play important role during registration of medical appliances in Dubai

Likewise, the documents required for product registration in UAE also depends on its type. There are few documents that are similar for all types of products while various industries may require submission and approval of specific documents for their goods according to their specific requirements. In case of registration of an imported product, documents are also required from the country of origin. These documents will be attested by UAE embassy.

This is a lengthy and difficult procedure to register products in Dubai. The government is also trying to minimize problems of investors and traders for product registration. It is the reason that important information and few procedures are available online.

But if you want to register your desired product/s in Dubai without any issue then you can do so by taking services of Riz & Mona Consultancy. We are best in Dubai regarding any type of product registration. There will be nothing for you to worry about after handing over the matter to us. We have large number of satisfied clients having their products registered in Dubai successfully. You can contact us via our WhatsApp # 971-56-9971225 or email address info@rizmona.com.