Dubai is one of the integral and most extensive hubs for international trade as well as for the import and export of cosmetics, personal care products, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, medicine, medical devices and food products.

UAE government intends to establish a modern assessment hence the product registration is mandatory before launching it in the market.

The purpose of the procedures:

• To ensure the compliance of cosmetics, personal care products, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, medicine, medical devices and food products to the conditions and specifications of the endorsed standards, and thus allowing importers, producers and traders to avoid the rejection of their shipments upon arriving in UAE ports or avoid withdrawal of their products from the domestic market.

A segment of Companies:

• All organizations that import, manufacture and deal with cosmetics, personal care products, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, medicine, medical devices and food products or who want to import, manufacture, and trade the said products.

Registration of the product in Dubai:

• To register a product in Dubai, there is a number of steps needed to be followed.
• The process of product registration in the UAE varies from product to product.