Canned Tuna Supplier
for Yemen

The choice depends entirely on your distribution geography. Hodeidah Port serves northern and central Yemen — Sana’a, Taiz, Ibb, Hajjah, and the Red Sea coastal zone — and handles the majority of Yemen’s total food import volume. Aden Port is the entry point for southern Yemen — Aden city, Lahij, Abyan, Shabwah, and Hadramawt. For humanitarian procurement covering all of Yemen, many agencies route through both ports. We can prepare separate documentation sets for either or both ports.

Yes. We supply importers and local procurement agents holding supplier agreements with WFP, ICRC, UNICEF, UNHCR, and national and international NGOs operating in Yemen. Our canned tuna carries full halal certification from an internationally recognised body, complies with UN food specification standards for canned tuna, and is available in the 1kg institutional bulk format required for food basket distributions. We include all nutritional documentation required for UN agency supplier qualification.

All Yemen transactions are USD-denominated. We accept TT wire transfer from the buyer’s Yemeni account, from a Gulf-based correspondent account (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman), or from an international account where the buyer operates through a diaspora or trading company structure. We do not require Yemeni bank LCs. For Gulf-based Yemeni traders buying for Yemen shipment, standard UAE or Saudi banking terms are accepted.

Our standard production achieves 36 months shelf life from the production date. For Yemen, where Hodeidah Port can experience congestion causing delays of days to weeks, inland transport may be slow, and warehouse storage in Yemen’s ambient heat conditions degrades product faster than temperate climates, the 36-month production standard gives buyers and humanitarian agencies a safe buffer of at least 24 months of remaining life from the date of port clearance. WFP and most UN agencies require a minimum of 24 months remaining shelf life at point of delivery.

Yes. Saudi-based Yemeni traders import goods into Saudi Arabia via Jeddah or Dammam ports, then truck across the Yemen border at Haradh, Al-Wadiah, or the Jizan corridor. Oman-based traders use Salalah Port and the Sarfait or Hawf crossings into Al-Mahra and eastern Hadramawt. These land routes are widely used to bypass Hodeidah Port congestion and to reach specific regions of Yemen faster than sea freight. We can route shipments to Saudi or Oman for buyers supplying Yemen via these land routes.

Yemen requires Arabic-language food labels under YSMO (Yemen Standardisation, Metrology and Quality Control Organisation) standards, which are aligned with GCC/GSO canned seafood labelling requirements. Required Arabic declarations include the product name, ingredients, nutritional information, net weight, country of origin, manufacturer details, production and expiry dates, and halal status indication. We produce Arabic label artwork reviewed against current YSMO requirements before every production run.

Yes. We produce private label and OEM canned tuna for Gulf-based Yemeni trading companies — typically UAE or Saudi-registered businesses — building their own-brand canned tuna for Yemen and Gulf distribution. We provide Arabic halal-compliant labelling in the buyer’s brand name, with USD-denominated production pricing and minimum order quantities calibrated for Yemeni market volumes, which are large enough to justify efficient OEM runs.

Transit time to Aden Port is 14 to 20 days from our production facility. Transit to Hodeidah Port is 16 to 22 days, including Red Sea routing. Production lead time from confirmed purchase order is 4 to 6 weeks. For pre-positioned emergency stock — where buyers are building buffer inventory ahead of conflict-related disruption or WFP programme scale-up — we can plan coordinated production and delivery schedules with agreed timing windows.