A trading company built to be audited.
Avangard is a Dubai wholesale company in premium cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, started by traders who have moved tobacco across borders since 2024. It is organised around one idea: every unit we sell can be traced from the producer to the buyer's warehouse.
From a cigar trader's desk to a wholesale house.
Avangard was set up in Dubai in 2026 by two partners with a background in international trade between the European Union, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Since 2024 the founders have traded premium cigars across borders, building supply directly with manufacturers and learning, shipment by shipment, what customs authorities, brand owners and banks expect to see. Today Avangard works under supply agreements with a large number of international cigar companies and tobacco producers.
That experience shaped the company. We buy directly from brand owners and manufacturers wherever we can, because direct supply gives verified provenance, steady pricing and a documented chain of custody. We use customs warehouses, and we close the customs paperwork on every consignment.
Dubai gives this model a stable home: a mainland company with a registered office, access to international banking, and a central position between producing countries in the Americas and Europe and consumer markets in the Gulf, Central Asia and beyond.
We started with cigars because they reward care. They are perishable, they are valuable, and they are heavily regulated. A business that can handle cigars properly can handle the rest of the tobacco range. That is why hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco sit beside cigars at the core of what we supply.
Where the company stands today.
A short record of how the company came to be, and what comes next.
- 2024International cigar trade begins
The founders start trading premium cigars across borders, buying directly from manufacturers.
- 2025 to 2026Supply widens
Supply agreements are signed with a growing number of international cigar companies and tobacco producers. Goods move through customs warehouses in Europe, under full export and import documents.
- 10 October 2026Avangard is established in Dubai
Two partners sign the memorandum of association of Avangard Tobacco and Cigarettes Trading L.L.C., a limited liability company on the Dubai mainland.
- 16 October 2026Registered and licensed
The company is entered in the Dubai commercial register and receives its trade licence from the Department of Economy and Tourism. Its registered office is in Al Quoz Industrial Third.
- NextUAE import and a wider range
Import into the UAE with local storage, and the step by step addition of related products such as hookah charcoal and accessories.
How the business works.
Who we buy from, who we sell to, how goods and money move, and what changes as the company grows.
- Sourcing
- Directly from brand owners and manufacturers, or from distributors that hold rights for the product. Origin documents are kept for every lot.
- Contracting
- Avangard in Dubai contracts with both the supplier and the buyer, and issues the commercial documents for every sale.
- Logistics
- Goods move under customs control through customs warehouses and forwarders. Export and import declarations are closed for every consignment.
- Stage one
- Trading from Dubai, with goods shipped from the supplier's country to the buyer's market under customs control.
- Stage two
- Import into the UAE and storage in a local warehouse, once the approvals for that activity are in place.
- Customers
- Importers, distributors, specialist retailers and hospitality venues.
- Markets
- The Gulf, Europe and Asia, wherever the product can be supplied lawfully.
- Settlement
- Bank transfer in AED, USD or EUR.
How we work.
Four habits that decide who we buy from, who we sell to, and what we put in writing.
- I
Documents first
No shipment leaves, and no payment is accepted, until the paperwork is complete and consistent.
- II
Known counterparties
We prefer fewer suppliers and customers whom we know well, over many we cannot verify.
- III
Categories when ready
We do not list a product until it can be supplied lawfully in the markets we serve.
- IV
Plain terms
Prices, delivery terms and payment conditions are stated clearly before an order is accepted.
Who is responsible.
Names are given so that banks, authorities and trade partners know who stands behind the company.
- Artjoms GockisManager and partner
- Zukher Akhmed El KerdiManager and partner
- Enquiries[email protected]
- Telephone+971 58 510 3653
The registry extract.
The facts a bank or a counterparty asks for first, in one place.
- Legal name
- Avangard Tobacco and Cigarettes Trading L.L.C.
- Arabic name
- أفانغارد لتجارة التبغ المعالج والسجائر ش.ذ.م.م
- Legal form
- Limited liability company (L.L.C.)
- Jurisdiction
- Dubai mainland, United Arab Emirates
- Licensing authority
- Department of Economy and Tourism, Dubai
- Trade licence no.
- 1659980
- Commercial register no.
- 2941640
- Licence issued
- 16 October 2026
- Share capital
- AED 200,000, fully paid
- Licensed activity
- Tobacco and cigarettes trading
- Business model
- Wholesale, to trade buyers only
- Registered office
- Office J-30, Fronds Capital Real Estate L.L.C. Building
Al Quoz Industrial Third
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Managers
- Artjoms Gockis, Zukher Akhmed El Kerdi
Want to know more before you write?
Our compliance page sets out how we verify customers, screen counterparties and keep records.