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    HCl 30–33% • Fujairah same or next day · Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah 3–5 business days • ISO 9001:2015 • JSRS

    Hydrochloric Acid Supplier in the UAE

    Global Chemicals LLC supplies hydrochloric acid (HCl, also sold as muriatic acid) to buyers across the United Arab Emirates from stock in Muscat: technical 30–33% w/w for descaling, resin regeneration, pickling and pH control, and 36–38% ACS laboratory grade. 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 hydrochloric acid 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 hydrochloric acid in the UAE?

    • District cooling and facility management — descaling chillers, heat exchangers and cooling towers
    • Desalination and power plants — cation resin regeneration and RO cleaning
    • Steel fabrication and galvanising — pickling before coating
    • Water and wastewater plants — neutralising alkaline effluent
    • Pool and building maintenance — pH reduction and masonry cleaning as muriatic acid

    What hydrochloric acid grades and pack sizes are available for the UAE?

    GradeStrengthPacks
    Technical / commercial30–33% w/w, SG 1.15–1.1635 kg carboy · 200–220 L drum · 1,000 L IBC · bulk tanker
    Laboratory (ACS)36–38%; 0.1N & 1N solutions500 mL · 2.5 L · 5 L bottles

    Can hydrochloric acid travel with caustic soda, nitric acid or hypochlorite?

    Yes, on the same truck, but never in contact. Hydrochloric acid and sodium hypochlorite release chlorine gas if they mix, hydrochloric and nitric acid together release chlorine and nitrosyl chloride, and acid meeting caustic soda reacts violently and gives off heat. On a mixed load each product stays in its own sealed UN container, stowed and segregated as its Safety Data Sheet requires, and the same rule applies in your store: separate bunds or containment, never a shared drain, pump or transfer hose. Keep hydrochloric acid in polyethylene, PVC, FRP or rubber-lined equipment, because it attacks mild and stainless steel and releases hydrogen.

    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 a GCC Certificate of Origin. For free-zone delivery, send the zone and company licence details and the gate paperwork is prepared before dispatch.

    Specifications, grades and pricing

    The grade table, industrial uses and resin-regeneration notes are on the hydrochloric acid supplier Oman page. For the rest of the catalogue shipped to the UAE, see chemical supply to the UAE. Hydrochloric acid to Saudi Arabia. Also shipped to the UAE: caustic soda, calcium hypochlorite, nitric acid 68%.

    Hydrochloric acid 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. Facility-management and district-cooling contractors buy the 30–33% technical grade in 35 kg carboys or 200–220 L drums and descale with inhibited 5–10% dilutions, where the inhibitor protects the steel while the acid dissolves carbonate scale. Follow the equipment maker’s compatibility limits.

    Oman and the UAE are both in the GCC customs union, so goods of GCC origin accompanied by a GCC Certificate of Origin are cleared free of customs duty; import VAT is still accounted for by the importer. We arrange the GCC Certificate of Origin with every consignment.

    Technical / commercial grade at 30–33% w/w (specific gravity 1.15–1.16 at 25 °C), also sold as muriatic acid, for industrial duties; and laboratory grade at 36–38% ACS reagent, with standardised 0.1N and 1N solutions, in bottles. CAS 7647-01-0.

    As UN 1789 hydrochloric acid, Class 8 (corrosive), packing group as stated on the Safety Data Sheet, in UN-approved HDPE carboys, drums and IBCs with closures kept tight, because the acid fumes in humid air and the fumes corrode metal. On a mixed load it is stowed apart from alkalis, nitric acid and other oxidisers, and hypochlorite, each in its own sealed UN container.