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Libya• Misrata

Al Zahra Libyan Food Industries was founded in early 2015 and began equipping its vegetable-oil plant in Misrata in early 2016. The company states that it supplied a complete plant to current international standards and relies on qualified Libyan staff. It states that its line is designed to fill 8,000 one-litre bottles per hour, running three shifts with fully automatic filling, and that crude oil is held in tanks with up to 5,000 tonnes of storage. It sells sunflower oil under the Zahra and Carthage brands, corn oil under Carthage, and Zahra flour. The company focuses on the Libyan market and says it plans to move into exports once local demand is met. It lists locations in Misrata (Al-Hamiya road) and Tripoli (Al-Krimiya).

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Libya• Tripoli (Tajoura)

Altabiaa Alsafia (Pure Nature) was founded in 2019 and is part of the Libyan Napro Group. The company states that it aims to be a leading vegetable-oil refining and packaging company in Libya, using modern European technology to supply local and regional markets. Its range covers refined sunflower oil, refined corn oil, soybean oil and special vegetable-oil blends, packed in plastic, glass and tin containers, and it offers private-label solutions for businesses and factories. Its sunflower oil is sold under the Rovan brand in 850 ml bottles. The company is based on Bir Al-Ostaa Milaad Road in Tajoura, Tripoli; the group's older website describes its activity as kitchen oils, refining and crushing of edible oils.

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Lebanon• Selaata

SHD was founded in Beirut in 1967 and is an oilseed extraction plant and refinery on the Lebanese coast, operating its own Mediterranean port built in 1982. The company describes itself as a regional provider of vegetable oil and animal feed ingredients. The company states that in 2016 it expanded capacity to 1,000 tons of soybean and 250 tons of vegetable oil per day, that it has storage for 100,000 tons of grains and meal and 20,000 tons of liquids, and that it sources beans from the USA, Brazil and Argentina and runs its own quality-control laboratory. It produces refined sunflower oil, refined and crude degummed soybean oil and high-protein soybean meal, sold in bulk locally or exported to the Levant, the Arabian Gulf and Mediterranean countries. Since 2019 it has supplied the HORECA and retail markets under its Bellvie brand.

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Jordan• Sahab

Aqaba Manufacturing and Refining Vegetable Oils Co. is a Jordanian private shareholding company founded in 1992, with its plant in the King Abdullah II Industrial Estate in Sahab. It produces soybean, corn, sunflower and canola oils as well as vegetable ghee, serving the retail, foodservice and industrial sectors. Its brands include Royal, Abeer, Farah, Asia, GreenOil, Al-Farah and Seema (palm olein), in retail bottles from 0.5 L and tins up to 18 L; it also supplies soy lecithin for industrial use. The site lists FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, ISO 9001, HACCP and Halal certification, an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, and Trust Certification from the Jordan Food and Drug Administration.

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Iraq• Maysan

Sara-M Food Industries is the Iraq branch of a Bulgarian company founded in Sofia in 1992; the Iraq branch was registered in 2018 and is headquartered in Baghdad. The company describes itself as specialised in the production, refining and packaging of vegetable oils. It is the investor and operator of the Imam Ali Al-Hadi Vegetable Oil Factory in Maysan Governorate under a participation contract with the State Company for Food Products of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, and is rehabilitating the plant and reviving the Al-Bint brand. Its site gives a factory area of 105,000 m² and a capacity of 60,000–100,000 tons per year. Its main product is Al-Bint sunflower oil in a 1 L bottle, with larger sizes announced as coming soon. The company states that its products are approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Health in cooperation with accredited laboratories.

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Iraq• Al-Madhatiya, Babylon

Etihad Food Industries Co. Ltd. is an integrated Iraqi agro-industrial company located in Babylon province, operating a sugar refinery, a vegetable oil refinery and a flour mill. The company states that specialised firms from Germany, Japan, Belgium, Spain, the Czech Republic and Turkey contributed to the design and construction of its plants. Its site describes the vegetable oil refinery as one of the largest in the Middle East, designed with expertise from Desmet (Belgium) and Krones (Germany), with a capacity of 3,200 MT/day on two lines, covering degumming, neutralisation, bleaching, winterisation and deodorisation, plus 170,000 tons of crude oil tank storage. It produces sunflower oil, vegetable ghee and olein oil under the Aldar brand, as well as the Lazord, Fayroz and Al Sawsan brands, and says it serves local and regional markets.

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Egypt• 10th of Ramadan City

United Oil Processing and Packaging is a 100% Egyptian company established in 1987. It began as a soft oil refiner and expanded into trading, packaging, distributing and exporting the full range of vegetable fats and edible oils. The company states that it operates three oil refining plants and a PET packaging facility in the 10th of Ramadan industrial zone. Its products include sunflower, corn, soybean, cottonseed and blended oils, palm olein, vegetable ghee, shortening and margarine, under brands such as Shahd, Sindbad, Morgana, Ghalia, Quest, L'ORO and Golden Palm, and it also works as a contract packager for retail chains. The site lists FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, Halal and RSPO certification, and the company says it has exported to countries across Africa, the GCC and the Middle East.

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Egypt• Port Said

Al Porsaideya for Food Industries is part of Soliman Group and refines and packs vegetable oils and their derivatives. Its filling plant started in 2020 in the Port Said industrial zone, followed by its refinery in 2021, on a 28,000 m² site close to Port Said, Damietta and Adabiya ports. The company states it refines crude soybean, sunflower and corn oils and packs in PET bottles from 500 ml to 5 L and 18 L and 20 L jerrycans, with its own PET bottle plant. It offers private-label manufacturing and states it has exported to Arab and African countries. Its brands include Marselo, Miramar, Zaza, Narjis and Alezwa, plus Al Bajja and Nour Albeet ghee. Its site lists ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, ISO 45001, BRCGS, FSSC 22000 and Halal certification. The head office is in Nasr City, Cairo.

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Djibouti• Doraleh, Djibouti

Golden Africa Djibouti (GAD) is an edible-oil manufacturing and packing facility near Doraleh port in Djibouti. It began production in December 2018 and employs more than 500 people. The company produces the LIBA and Al Naqi cooking-oil brands. Its bulk terminal is linked to Doraleh port by three pipelines so vessels can be offloaded directly into its tanks, and the company states its storage capacity is among the largest in the Red Sea region. It cites a triple refining process with added vitamins and runs its own jerrycan blow-moulding unit and truck fleet. The company exports bulk palm oil, sunflower oil and by-products such as PFAD and stearin to African and Middle Eastern countries. It lists ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC 22000 certification and AfriSAFE awards in 2023 and 2024.

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Algeria• Annaba

CGS LaBelle is a subsidiary of the Algerian food group Groupe LaBelle, established on 18 February 1991 and based in Annaba. The group's site lists the subsidiary's activity as margarine manufacturing and pressing and filtering vegetable oils. The group states that the Annaba plant receives crude oils by ship, with a steel pipeline linking the port to the plant's storage tanks, which hold 5,500 tons. The plant has an oil refining workshop and a workshop blowing 5-litre PET bottles, and its packed product is oil in 5 L PET bottles. Groupe LaBelle has more than 10 subsidiaries in the food sector and sells sunflower oil under the ROZA brand and margarine under the LaBelle brand. The group's site lists FSSC 22000, Halal and ISO 14001 certification at group level.

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Algeria• Béjaïa

Cevital Agro-Industrie is a subsidiary of the Algerian Cevital group, founded in 1998 inside the port of Béjaïa. The company states it is the leading agro-industrial group in Algeria, with 5 production sites and more than 3,900 employees. It began with the launch of Elio table oil in 1998, followed by margarine, sugar, juices and other lines. The company states it operates the largest crude-oil refinery, with a capacity of 2,100 tons per day (about 655,000 tons per year), and sells refined soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oils in bulk by 20-ton tanker trucks, alongside bottled oils under the Fleurial and Elio brands. Its site lists the start of oilseed crushing in 2023, with an announced unit of 11,000 tons per day for soybean, rapeseed and sunflower seeds. The company lists ISO 9001, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000 and ISO 45001 certification for its refined oil and has an export department that takes enquiries through a form on its website.

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Libya• Zliten

A large Libyan food-industry complex in Zliten spanning 18 factories and silos over 100 hectares. It produces pasta, couscous, rice, oils, flour, semolina, sugar, evaporated milk and tomato paste, and was the first Libyan complex to obtain FDA registration for export.