date:Sep 26, 2022
from Poland, Ukraine, as well as local growers in the Emirates. The fact that the freight rates are so high is effectively losing the US some of our business and hence the reason for diversifying the origins.
Overall, Barakat Group is looking at a 20% increase in their costs, which simply can't be absorbed by the clients in the United Arab Emirates. The increase of freight rates aren't the only thing getting more expensive. Our cost, in general, has gone up. Freight alone has increased costs by