Dubai Flower Centre located at Dubai International airport, DFC is a new nerve centre for floriculture growth in this century. This nerve centre has direct easy and direct access to Dubai International Airport. In the international market, massive growth has been seen in flowers, which increases the demand and worth of Dubai Flowers Centre and it is innovative for a commercial solution to assure the standard and boost profit in the industry.

The DFC phase 1 was finished in 2004 with a cost ends of around 50 million dollars. The flower centre still undergoing as two more phases are under construction. This centre will be completely automated in 5 to 7 years to handle all flower products; it starts with a semi-automated structure.

The Flower Centre can handle up to 150,000 tons of flowers. The handling capacity forecast is more than 300,000 metric tons yearly. The completely automated and flourish phase has a 100,000 sq meters floor area, provides cubicles and offices for export apart from commodity break down and automated sorting areas and buildup locations. In Dubai Flower centre, the facility of cold storage is completely bonded and measures 34,000 sq meters. Currently, this centre has around 19 tenants belonging to 11 countries, offers a divergent range of work and varieties of foliage, vegetables, flowers, fruits and plants. It will serve more than 2 billion consumers when it becomes fully operational.

Benefits of Setting up a Business in DFC

Situated at the Dubai International Airport

100%t import and export tax exemption

100% repatriation of capital and profits

No currency restrictions

Increased capacity and connection to and from major global trading points

Facilitates and support to enable efficient commercial transactions

100% foreign ownership

Benefits of Setting Up a business in DCCA

100% foreign ownership

A 50-year exemption from personal income and corporate taxes

Exemption from customs duty

Full repatriation of capital and profits

Convenient proximity to Dubai’s world-class airport, seaports, and major motorways

Easy access to high-end residential accommodation

Customized real-estate options to suit your organizational needs

Business Activities Allowed in DFC

Any activity related to perishable items like floriculture, horticulture, fruits & vegetables, etc. is allowed in DFC. The free zone also allows:

Trading

Logistics

Retail

Types of Business Entities in DFC

Free zone Establishment

Free zone company

Branch of a foreign company

There are two types of licenses issued in DFC:

Trading License

Service License