Gold, precious metals, and commodities moved into the UAE under a documented compliance architecture. Finished goods exported out of it to markets across five continents.
Our ServicesClodia International FZE operates from Sharjah Airport Free Zone as the UAE trade and clearing subsidiary of International Finance Corporation, the Miami-based parent of our group. Within the group structure, our sister entity IFB Holdings LLC acts as the US buyer of record in commodity and metals transactions. Clodia handles what happens on the UAE side: customs, refining through DMCC Good Delivery accredited partners, secured vaulting, and the documentation chain that keeps every transaction auditable in both directions.
The separation is intentional. Sourcing and pricing gold is one discipline. Importing it into the UAE in compliance with the Ministry of Economy's 2024 due diligence regulations is another. Most cross-border gold deals fail at the second, not the first. Clodia exists to make sure they do not.
Every consignment is risk-tiered against the OECD Due Diligence Guidance framework: Tier 1 for low-risk jurisdictions, Tier 2 for medium risk, Tier 3 for conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Tier 2 and Tier 3 origins require an independent OECD Step-5 assurance report issued within ninety days of shipment. Cargoes without it are refused, not renegotiated. Screening against UN, EU, OFAC, and UAE sanctions lists is a precondition, not a line item.
New sellers enter the group relationship through a trial delivery protocol: less than fifteen kilograms of fine gold, cash and carry, payment on confirmed refinery assay in Dubai. Passing it earns the standard framework. Failing it saves both parties the cost of a larger disagreement.
Funds are blocked at IFB International Finance Bank, the group's banking channel, until an independent DMCC-accredited refinery certifies the assay. This is the only structure that protects both buyer and seller in a market where verbal commitments have limited shelf life.
Sourcing from certified mines, AML and KYC compliance, OECD Step-5 audit documentation for Tier 2 and Tier 3 origins, armoured logistics from origin to refinery vault. Refining into bullion, coins, or bars to specification.
Industrial minerals, agricultural products, and energy resources into the UAE. Sourcing network across multiple continents, supply chains designed to hold under single-route disruption.
Luxury items, consumer goods, and industrial products out of the UAE to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Packaging, freight, customs, certificates of origin, destination-country compliance handled end to end.
Clodia serves clients across five continents. The UAE's geographic position is one reason. The International Finance Corporation group's counterparty network is another. The third is the accumulated result of executing consistently across years of cross-border trade, which earns access that cannot be bought quickly.
Whether the task is importing gold or commodities into the UAE, exporting finished goods from it, or structuring a transaction more complex than either, our team handles what comes next.
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