Kuwait, Kuwait – The Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation “Dhaman” confirmed that the UAE topped the Arab countries in investing in inter-projects in the food and beverage sector.
This represents a 45% share of the total number of inter-Arab projects and 58% of their total investment costs.
The Foundation revealed that the food and beverage sector in the Arab region attracted 516 foreign projects.
With an investment cost of approximately $22 billion, these projects created approximately 93,000 jobs between January 2003 and December 2024.
The Foundation explained, in its third sectoral report for 2025 on the food and beverage sector in Arab countries, which was issued from its headquarters in the State of Kuwait, that five Arab countries, namely Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Morocco and Qatar, attracted 421 foreign projects during the same period, with a share of 82% of the total, and with an investment cost exceeding 17 billion dollars, with a share of 79% of the total. These projects also provided about 71 thousand jobs, representing 76% of the total jobs.
The report added that the United States topped the list of countries investing in the food and beverage sector in the Arab region during the past 22 years.
With 74 projects representing 14% of the total, valued at nearly $4 billion, and accounting for 18% of total investments, these projects have created more than 14,000 jobs.
The report indicated that the top ten foreign companies investing in the sector accounted for about 15% of the number of foreign projects, 32% of the investment cost, and 29% of all new jobs.
The Swiss company Nestlé topped the list in terms of the number of projects, with 14 projects.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian company “Nipolon” topped the list as the largest investor in terms of estimated investment costs.
This is worth two billion dollars, and the number of jobs reached 6 thousand jobs.
The report focuses on four main axes: “Sales to 2029, Arab foreign trade to 2024, foreign projects in the sector (2003–2024), and investment and business risk assessment in the sector to 2024.”
