About ML Trading
Built in Dubai. Trusted across three continents.
Mohamed Lahmine General Trading LLC is a procurement and supply chain partner connecting Asian manufacturers with buyers across MENA and Africa.
Mohamed Lahmine
Founder & Managing Director
Our story
From a single office in Deira to seven sectors and three continents.
ML Trading was founded on a simple belief — that emerging markets deserve the same access to quality manufacturers as the world's largest buyers. From our base in Dubai, we built supplier relationships in Asia and distribution networks across MENA and Africa, one product line at a time.
Today, we operate across textiles, footwear, machinery, auto parts, food grains, and edible oils — but our discipline remains the same: source carefully, inspect rigorously, and deliver on what we promise.
Vision & Mission
To be the most trusted trading bridge between Asia, MENA & Africa.
Our mission is to deliver high-quality products through ethical sourcing, strategic procurement, and a supply chain engineered for reliability — so our partners can grow with confidence.
Values that hold every shipment together.
Trust
Transparent dealings, signed terms, kept commitments.
Quality
Inspected at origin and verified before shipment.
Efficiency
Lean processes, faster lead times, lower landed cost.
Partnership
Long-horizon relationships with buyers and suppliers.
Milestones
A timeline of compounding trust.
- 2010
Founded in Dubai with a focus on textiles and consumer goods sourcing from East Asia.
- 2014
Expanded into mechanical and industrial sourcing, opening procurement desks across China and Malaysia.
- 2018
Entered African markets with bulk commodity trading and freight partnerships.
- 2022
Scaled to seven product lines, serving distributors across the GCC, North & East Africa.
- Today
A trusted procurement partner for buyers and suppliers operating between Asia, MENA, and Africa.
Global presence.
Our sourcing hubs and active markets, organized across three regional pillars.
Asia — Sourcing
- • China
- • Hong Kong
- • Singapore
- • Malaysia
- • Taiwan
MENA — Markets
- • UAE
- • Saudi Arabia
- • Oman
- • Qatar
- • Egypt
- • Morocco
- • Libya
Africa — Markets
- • Nigeria
- • Kenya
- • Ethiopia
- • Ghana
- • Tanzania
- • Senegal