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    NaOH flakes · prills · liquid • Fujairah same or next day · Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah 3–5 business days • ISO 9001:2015 • JSRS

    Caustic Soda Supplier in the UAE

    Global Chemicals LLC supplies caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, NaOH) to buyers across the United Arab Emirates from stock in Muscat: flakes and prills for plants that dissolve their own solution, liquid 32–50% for continuous dosing, in technical and food grade (E524). The east coast is the same or next day by road, and Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah three to five business days.

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    How is caustic soda delivered to the UAE?

    By road from Muscat, mainly through the Al Wajajah–Hatta crossing, and cleared at the UAE border under GCC customs procedures.

    Delivery pointLead time from Muscat
    Fujairah & east coastsame or next day by road
    Dubai & Sharjah3–5 business days
    Abu Dhabi & ICAD3–5 business days
    Ras Al Khaimah & northern emirates3–5 business days

    Industrial areas served: KEZAD (incl. ICAD), JAFZA, Dubai Industrial City, Sharjah SAIF Zone, Fujairah Free Zone, RAKEZ.

    Who uses caustic soda in the UAE?

    • Soap and detergent makers — saponifying fats and oils and neutralising LABSA
    • Water, desalination and sewage plants — pH correction of permeate and effluent neutralisation
    • Aluminium extrusion and anodising lines — etching and cleaning
    • Dairy, juice and beverage plants — the alkaline stage of CIP with food grade
    • Facility management and tank-cleaning contractors — heavy-duty degreasing

    What caustic soda forms and pack sizes are available for the UAE?

    FormStrengthPacks
    Flakes (technical & food E524)98–99% NaOH25 kg bag · 1,000 kg big bag
    Prills (technical)99% min, 0.5–1.0 mm25 kg PP bag · 500 kg big bag
    Liquid (technical)32% · 48% · 50%25 L · 200 L drum · 1,000 L IBC · bulk on request
    Liquid (food grade, E524)30–50%25 L · 200 L drum · 1,000 L IBC

    Flakes or liquid for an export load?

    One kilogram of flakes or prills makes two kilograms of 50% solution, so a truck of solid caustic carries about twice the sodium hydroxide of the same weight of 50% liquid, and three times that of 32%. Solids suit plants with a dissolving tank and buyers who want stock that keeps for months when sealed and dry. Liquid suits continuous dosing by metering pump: no bags and no dissolving tank, though diluting 48–50% liquid still releases heat. Dissolving sodium hydroxide releases enough heat to boil a small volume of water, so add solids slowly to cold water and caustic to water, never water to caustic.

    What documents come with every consignment?

    Each load travels with a Certificate of Analysis, a GHS Safety Data Sheet in English and Arabic, an HS-coded commercial invoice and the origin documents for the grade (a GCC Certificate of Origin for GCC-made product). For free-zone delivery, send the zone and company licence details and the gate paperwork is prepared before dispatch.

    Specifications, grades and pricing

    The full comparison of flakes, prills and liquid, with uses by industry, is on the caustic soda supplier Oman page. For the rest of the catalogue shipped to the UAE, see chemical supply to the UAE. Caustic soda to Saudi Arabia. Also shipped to the UAE: hydrochloric acid, calcium hypochlorite, nitric acid 68%.

    Caustic soda in the UAE — frequently asked questions

    Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi are three to five business days from Muscat on scheduled departures, with a dedicated truck quoted for urgent loads. Fujairah and the east coast are the same or next day by road.

    Yes. Flakes (98–99% NaOH) ship in 25 kg bags and 1,000 kg big bags, and prills (99%) in 25 kg bags and 500 kg big bags. Soap makers use them for saponification and detergent makers to neutralise LABSA; a mixed load with other raw materials can travel on the same truck.

    Oman and the UAE are both in the GCC customs union. Goods of GCC origin travel with a GCC Certificate of Origin and clear free of customs duty; imported grades on which duty was paid at first entry into the GCC travel with the duty-paid entry documents. Import VAT is accounted for by the importer either way.

    Yes. Food-grade liquid caustic (E524, 30–50% NaOH, heavy metals below 5 ppm) is supplied in 25 L jerricans, 200 L drums and 1,000 L IBCs for the alkaline stage of clean-in-place, typically dosed at 0.5–2%. Each batch carries its Certificate of Analysis.

    Flakes 98–99% NaOH (moisture below 1%, sodium carbonate below 0.8%); prills 99% minimum as 0.5–1.0 mm beads; liquid at 32%, 48% or 50% (specific gravity about 1.35–1.52); each in technical grade, with flakes and liquid also in food grade (E524). CAS 1310-73-2.

    Solid caustic (flakes, prills) is UN 1823 and caustic solution UN 1824, both Class 8 (corrosive), packing group as stated on the Safety Data Sheet. Bags travel sealed and dry, because caustic absorbs moisture and carbon dioxide from air; liquid travels in UN-approved HDPE jerricans, drums and IBCs. Caustic is kept apart from acids and from aluminium, zinc and tin, which it attacks.