Dubai Flower Centre (DFC) is the industry leading transshipment centre for cool chain processes that effectively safeguard product quality, maximise shelf life, thereby enhancing profitability.

Wherever you are in the world, each seasonal change will inevitably create challenging conditions for perishables. Working with a closed-loop cool chain supply system ensures that products maintain their market value as long as possible. The Dubai Flower Centre’s tightly controlled environment from plane to consignee prevents a break in the supply chain. DFC believes as much as 20% of the value of the product is lost across the entire supply chain, and this is usually due to poor handling and a break in the cool chain at airports and hubs. The Dubai Flower Centre’s state-of-the-art computerized tracking system enable exporters and importers to track flight status, product loadings and temperature of their products through the supply chain process.

Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the geographical crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, the Dubai Flower Centre serves an international market of over 2 billion potential consumers and a local GCC market with a GDP of nearly US $ 540 billion.

Dubai Flower Centre is operating in a free zone environment located at Dubai International Airport, which processes nearly 1.3 million tonnes of air-freight per year and has recorded growth in cargo traffic of 19.9%. Over 117 airlines already connect through Dubai International Airport to more than 165 destinations and further expansion is creating even more opportunities to unite global markets.

The in-house operations team at the Dubai Flower Centre is complemented by a range of third-party service providers to enable solutions to a diverse range of cool chain logistical needs, including: • Consolidation/repackaging for transhipment to worldwide destinations • Pre-assembly of product lines sourced from around the world and tailored to end markets • Fruit and vegetable pack house – professional packaging for direct sale • Value added services e.g. bouquet making

Dubai Flower Centre is also the one-stop shop for local and international buyers, traders, producers and exporters. The key players in the perishables marketplace can all be found in the main building, each providing a wide variety of value-added services and products.