United Arab Emirates & the Gulf
Bring your product to the Gulf.
The UAE is the region's front door. We handle everything between your factory and your first sale here — company, approvals, Arabic labels, customs and delivery. Then we help you grow.
How it works
Four stages.
We guide you through each one in the right order. Doing things in sequence is what saves you time and money — and we stay with you the whole way.
Launch
We set up your company and licence with the correct trading activity, then register you as an importer with customs.
You can import legally
Register
We find which approvals your product needs, arrange testing only if it is required, review your label artwork and correct anything that would be rejected, then file everything.
Your product is legal to sell
Sell
We clear your shipment, arrange storage, handle repacking or Arabic labelling on arrival if it is needed, and place the product with shops, distributors or marketplaces.
Your product is on sale
Scale
Distribution, people and visibility — the work that turns a first shipment into a business in the region.
Your brand keeps growing
Good news
Most products need less
than owners expect.
There is more than one legal route into the market, and the shortest one is often available. We work out which route fits your product before you spend anything — and we tell you what you do not need.
Label and clearance
Some products need no separate approval scheme. Correct classification, a compliant label, and they clear.
Your existing test reports
Where registration applies, reports from your accredited laboratory are often accepted as they are. No repeat testing.
Registration with testing
Some categories need testing in an approved UAE laboratory. We arrange it and keep it to what is actually required.
Stage 04
We stay after the
first sale.
Getting approved is the hard part. Growing is the long part. We stay involved, with partners we already work with in Dubai. See all services →
Buyers and distributors
Introductions to distributors, retail buyers and marketplace account managers. We prepare the pitch and join the meetings with you.
People
Sales staff, merchandisers and promoters, part-time or full-time. Sourcing and the government paperwork behind it, from ten years of UAE HR work.
Marketing and events
Launch campaigns, in-store activation and trade show presence, delivered together with agencies we trust.
Operations and supply chain
Stock planning, order processing, delivery scheduling and the automation that keeps orders, invoices and inventory in step instead of in an inbox.
Packaging and repacking
Local repacking, Arabic label application, multipacks and promotional bundles — done here, so a compliance problem never sends a container home.
Working together
One stage at a time.
You start with a single stage, not the whole journey. Each stage is agreed and paid before we begin, so the work starts immediately and nothing waits on paperwork between us. If a stage does not go the way we promised, we make it right before you commit to the next one.
Government and laboratory fees are separate. You pay those at cost — we add nothing to them.
Free
Tell us about your product.
What to write
What the product is, where it is made, how many variants you have, and what you have done so far. The more you tell us, the more useful the answer.
Or email hello@orviahub.com