UAE lifts restrictions on Polish poultry and table egg exports
The United Arab Emirates has removed restrictions affecting poultry and egg shipments from 13 Polish regions, restoring access for suppliers across Poland. The decision follows Poland’s recovery of its HPAI-free status and government efforts underway since September 2024.
Nationwide export eligibility restored
The United Arab Emirates has lifted restrictions on imports of Polish poultry and eggs from 13 voivodeships, allowing eligible products to be exported from the entire territory of Poland. According to a Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development statement published by Portal Spozywczy, the decision covers poultry meat, poultry products and table eggs.
The affected regions are Mazowieckie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Zachodniopomorskie, Dolnośląskie, Lubuskie, Lubelskie, Wielkopolskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Opolskie, Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Podlaskie and Śląskie. Removing the restrictions restores a single national basis for access to the UAE market instead of excluding suppliers located in those areas.
HPAI-free status supported the decision
The ministry said it had been working since September 2024 to secure the removal of UAE restrictions applying to Polish regions free from disease. The discussions involved the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Chief Veterinary Inspectorate and the Polish Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
Poland’s recovery of its status as a country free from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was presented to the Emirati authorities as a key argument for lifting the measures. Agriculture Minister Stefan Krajewski said the decision gives Polish producers and exporters access to additional customers and creates new export opportunities for the poultry industry.
UAE already buys a broad range of Polish food
The UAE is an important Middle Eastern destination for Polish agricultural and food products. Poland exported €152 million of agri-food goods to the country in 2025, according to the ministry. The leading categories included bread, pastry, cakes and biscuits, tobacco, sugar syrups, chocolate and cocoa-containing products, poultry meat and edible poultry offal, and sugar confectionery without cocoa.
Preliminary figures show that Polish agri-food exports to the UAE exceeded €66 million between January and July 2026. The main products during that period were tobacco, bread and other bakery goods, waffles and wafers, sugar syrups, cocoa-containing preparations, cheese and confectionery without cocoa. The figures do not specify the value of poultry or egg shipments, so the immediate commercial effect of the reopening cannot yet be quantified.
Opportunity depends on converting access into contracts
Nationwide eligibility broadens the pool of Polish plants and farms able to serve Emirati buyers, subject to the applicable veterinary, certification and customer requirements. Exporters in the 13 previously restricted regions can now pursue orders without the geographic barrier that had limited access.
The decision also restores poultry to a trade relationship already supported by several Polish food categories. For processors and egg suppliers, the next test will be securing buyers and building regular shipments. For Emirati importers, the change increases the number of potential Polish suppliers and may offer more flexibility in sourcing poultry meat, processed poultry products and table eggs.
