Groundnuts export requirements for United Arab Emirates

The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment releases imported plant products after inspection at the entry point. The importer's release request needs the phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country's authority, the manifest or bill of lading, the invoice or contents list, and a certificate of origin if the phytosanitary certificate does not show origin. Visual inspection and lab tests are done if required; the fee is AED 200. Consignments carrying quarantine pests are refused.

MOCCAE Ministerial Decree 322/2018 lists ginger and groundnut as main hosts of fall armyworm and Ghana among the countries where the pest is recorded. The phytosanitary certificate must carry an additional declaration that the consignment is free from fall armyworm; consignments that do not comply are refused entry. Groundnut shipped as animal feed must instead show fumigation in the treatment section of the certificate.

UAE emirate food authorities release food consignments against a health certificate issued by the official health authority of the country of origin, attesting fitness for human consumption, plus a certificate of origin and packing list (Ajman Municipality lists this at AED 200 per release). This applies to processed groundnut products such as roasted nuts, peanut butter and groundnut oil.