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DMCC Coffee & Tea Commodity Centres

Purpose-built homes for the coffee and tea trade — storage, processing and licence in one place inside DMCC.

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DMCC runs the world's leading physical commodity centres for coffee and tea, giving traders, roasters and blenders a licensed home with warehousing, processing facilities and global logistics under one roof. If you trade soft commodities, the DMCC Coffee Centre and DMCC Tea Centre are purpose-built for you.

DMCC Coffee Centre

The DMCC Coffee Centre is a state-of-the-art facility offering green-bean storage, roasting, grinding, packing and value-added processing, plus office space and a licence in one place. It lets coffee traders and roasters run a full operation — from import to export-ready product — inside the free zone.

DMCC Tea Centre

Dubai is one of the world's largest tea re-export hubs, and the DMCC Tea Centre provides blending, packaging and warehousing infrastructure that handles a significant share of global tea trade. Members get facilities plus the DMCC trade ecosystem behind them.

Activities & benefits

  • Coffee green-bean trading, roasting, grinding and packing
  • Tea trading, blending, packaging and re-export
  • Access to warehousing and value-added processing on site
  • DMCC Tradeflow commodity-ownership and finance platform

Indicative cost 2026

ItemNotesIndicative cost (AED)
Commodity trading licenceLicence + registration + flexi desk~ 22,000 – 34,000
Centre facility / processingStorage, roasting or blending spaceQuoted by usage

See DMCC cost & packages. Physical commodity trade pairs naturally with a DMCC trading licence.

Licensing into a commodity centre is a specialist route within DMCC company formation. Our JLT team arranges the licence, the facility and the visas together.

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Trade coffee or tea from DMCC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the DMCC commodity centres?
They are DMCC's purpose-built facilities for soft commodities, chiefly the Coffee Centre and Tea Centre, offering storage, processing, packaging and a licence in one location.
What can I do at the DMCC Coffee Centre?
Trade green beans and run roasting, grinding, packing and value-added processing on site, then export finished product — all under a DMCC licence.
How much does a DMCC commodity licence cost?
Around AED 22,000 to 34,000 for year one with a flexi desk, before visas. Use of storage, roasting or blending facilities is quoted by usage.
Can I trade and process on the same licence?
Yes. A commodity trading licence combined with centre facilities lets you import, process and re-export under one entity. We structure it for you.
How we keep this page accurate. Fees and process steps are checked against DMCC’s official Schedule of Charges and the DMCC Knowledge Bank guidelines, and against the DMCC member-portal filings our JLT team handles every week. Last verified: October 2026. Government fees change, so we confirm the live figure before you pay.