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UAE veg ban will not impact Ramadan markets, ministry says

The UAE ban on the import of agricultural products from certain Arab countries due to high levels of pesticides will not impact the local market during Ramadan, according to the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment.

The ministry reiterated that the ban will not affect the market in terms of quantity or quality, as there are alternative markets for importing the products, reported official news agency WAM.

Products are now being imported from Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, The Netherlands, Malaysia, New Zealand, US, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, in addition to Turkey, France, Italy, Spain, and other exporting countries.

It added that local products are also meeting the demands of the market. The UAE is seeing healthy production of vegetables such as zucchini (18,500 tonnes), eggplants (18,555 tonnes), cauliflower (11,320 tonnes) and cabbage (13,420 tonnes).

source: albawaba.com