Fresh Tomatoes – Cherry, Cluster, Beef & Egg

importer• Qatar• Member since 1999

The Springs Trading W.L.L, known as 'Springs', is a fresh-produce company based at the Central Market in Sahaliya (Al Sailiya), Doha. Its website says its journey began in 1999 with a vision to bring premium-quality fresh fruit and vegetables to Qatar's growing market, that it now serves both local and international markets, and it describes itself as one of the leading importers and exporters of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Middle East. The company says it manages the import, export and supply of fruit and vegetables within a vast network of producers and clients, with three departments responsible for imports from the Middle East and from farms in Qatar, Oman and the subcontinent, and it states that it imports and exports fresh produce across India, Turkey, Morocco, Africa and the GCC countries. As examples, it says it imports pineapples from Morocco, Turkey, India and Pakistan, and that it imports and exports a wide variety of apples and tomatoes. Its website shows a range of fruit including apples, green apples, strawberries, bananas, grapes, mangoes, oranges, watermelon, muskmelon, kiwi, cherries, pomegranates, peaches, pears, apricots, lemons, limes and plums, and vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, green and red chillies, green beans, lettuce, kusa, zucchini, cabbage, coriander and basil. On distribution, the company says its three departments handle local distribution in Qatar to Sheikh palaces, five-star hotels, restaurants and cafés, catering companies, hypermarkets and supermarkets. It states that once products reach the ports they are taken to its cold storage facility, equipped with the latest refrigeration and food storage technology, then packed and sealed with specific barcodes and handed to its delivery teams, and that its delivery fleet is approved to Doha municipality standards, certified for food transport and fitted with calibrated, approved chiller units. The website also lists an address at the Al Aweer Central Fruits and Vegetables Market in Dubai, UAE. On quality, the company says a separate department of an operational supervisor and assistants checks items one by one before placing them in clean plastic crates and loading them into temperature-controlled vehicles, and that it ensures its produce is pesticide-free. It states that it holds a HACCP certification and that every staff member has completed a hygiene and sanitation course. The company says its vision is to become the most preferred supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables in the domestic and international markets, and its mission is to contribute to a healthy society by reaching customers with the best products and building its place in the export industry.