DEDC holds seminar for targeted business networks
Dubai exports boost by 47% in 2007
Dubai Export Development Corporation (DEDC), the Dubai government body charged with promoting exports from the emirate, has organised a seminar – a way to explore export opportunities – for business council chairmen, business centres’ general directors and directors of government representative commercial offices in Dubai.
This seminar is among the DEDC’s initiatives to strengthen the Dubai’s export by encouraging investors to establish their businesses in the UAE.
“Based on latest economic studies, Dubai’s non-oil exports have reached AED27 billion in 2007, an increase of 47 per cent compared to 2006,” said Engineer Saed Al Awadi, DEDC Chief Executive Officer.
“Dubai and the UAE is a large market with a strategic location attributed to its good logistic services, 13 free zones, seven industrial zones and a gateway to 1.4 billion populations,” he added.
Top commodities export sectors in Dubai for the past three years are jewellery, aluminium, sugar, minerals and plastic, iron and steel, glass and clothing. Meanwhile, India is the top exports destination for the emirate along with Pakistan, Iran, USA, Kuwait, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Bahrain.
Organising events and seminars for various industrialists is one of the DEDC’s value-added support services to assist manufacturers explore other markets. The corporation’s other tool is supporting exporters to international events such as the Ghana Trade and Investment Exhibition 2008 on 22-24 May.
Al Bawaba
