A recent report confirmed that the Jebel Ali Free Zone is one of the largest free zones specialized in the fields of industry, trade and logistical services in the world, through a path that extends for about 35 years, during which it established a pioneering model for economic regions, not only in the Middle East region but in the whole world, and directs its investments to the region Economic in the Middle East, Africa, Central and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, which includes about 3.5 billion consumers, and exported to about 194 countries around the world, and the Jebel Ali Free Zone is today, the headquarters of more than 7,500 companies.

The report, issued in response to the recent distortion campaigns on social media that affected the reputation of Emirati products, especially in the markets of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, indicated that the slanders on the UAE economy and Emirati exports through the promotion of false rumors and accusations and irritations issued by persons with psychological Weak and for the purpose of carrying out a malicious agenda, which is unacceptable to the Emirates, which is known for preserving the interests of all countries and respecting its position.

Deformation campaigns

In detail, a recent report, in response to the recent distortion campaigns on social media that affected the reputation of Emirati products, particularly in the Saudi Arabian market, confirmed that the methodology of questioning the reputation of Emirati products, especially those bearing the slogan "Made in the Emirates", is a campaign Shawa contradicts on the ground with the system of controls and policies followed by the UAE quality mark, and gets from the channels and levels of coordination and consultation, and the level applied in both countries in terms of adopting and applying international best practices in control, quality, safety and anti-fraud.

The report indicated that this campaign will not win the international recognition and recognition that the UAE has won in that regard, in addition to the fact that the UAE adheres to the agreements that regulate quality in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and was concluded in light of the compatibility between the standards and metrics bodies and institutions and Gulf conformity, with commitment Gulf and concerned institutions concerned with ensuring that national products conform to the best international quality standards and specifications.

There is also a compulsory obligation for all products subject to the system to fulfill the safety and quality requirements specified in the UAE conformity assessment (ECAS), and the technical regulations by the UAE government, while emphasizing the good reputation of UAE products in light of the UAE's position on the map of the global economy, International economic institutions are witnessing them, including international institutions specialized in quality standards, production conformity and safety requirements, in addition to the remarkable successes in diversifying the UAE economy, and the growth of non-oil exports at the quantitative and qualitative levels. J, as well as geography, and its acquisition of global competitiveness based on foreign institutions and entities that come to the free zones in the UAE (including the Jebel Ali Free Zone), and they are taken as regional headquarters, and they are the headquarters of companies and transcontinental investment entities that enjoy a global reputation.

Good reputation

This corresponds to the good reputation enjoyed by the UAE on the global economic map, which are successes that would not have been achieved had it not been found by global and regional business and regional entities and entities in a growth-stimulating environment coupled with a legislative system and sound national strategies to advance the role of the national industry, as well as attracting the capabilities of industrial institutions In order to combine the international quality standards of these institutions with their local counterparts in a competitive environment based on transparency and credibility.

In addition to the above, the expanded presence of companies and investors who manage industrial facilities owned by the honorable Saudi brothers in the Jebel Ali Free Zone confirms the confidence that characterizes the business and investment climate in the Emirates, while government agencies and institutions in both countries and through channels of coordination address any violations .

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Emirati products

The advanced rank and global leading indicators that the UAE economy occupies, especially transparency and credibility policies in business practices, and companies conducting their national and global activities on both the UAE land and issued by official international institutions, including standards of transparency and business standards, must be scrutinized and considered carefully. And competition among companies through quality standards in products and their conformity to the best specifications, and the UAE government is adopting in a leading precedent incentive initiatives to best practices of excellence, and even putting in place strict legislation to improve the reputation of the UAE product In both the UAE and abroad markets, moreover, rumors are spreading that Emirati products that are exported abroad are bad, defective and harmful to health other than products used in local markets, incompatible with the determinants of reason and export standards, because the UAE is one of the countries in the world most applying the approach Openness, whether in commercial exchanges or in the movement of tourists, including Saudi siblings including visitors to the country for the purpose of tourism and business, where they can easily experience their own product within the Emirates and the product exported to within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where no complaints or delights were issued It has gone through for the past years.

Strict requirements

The foreign trade of the Emirates, especially in non-oil commodities, is carried out through binding and strict implementation procedures and procedures and determined in each country according to the types of commodities and their specificity to these procedures and their requirements, as it requires the approval of the responsible authorities according to the dependency of the goods, including the food that requires them to be examined and obtain reports from accredited laboratories. These countries are targeted by the country's exports, and other countries, before being allowed to be traded by the competent authorities in those countries, and the United Arab Emirates is represented by all its oversight and inspection bodies, either on the customs entry points for incoming or designated goods. For domestic consumption or that are within the inputs of the production of other goods that are directed for export, they are subject to an integrated and strict system of examination standards and to ensure conformity with specifications and suitability for consumption, and other requirements that cannot be tolerated, as well as on the producers of goods from factories in the UAE, as a large part of The quantities of these commodities are consumed locally.

The non-oil commodity exports to the UAE and with international recognition enjoy high quality and this is evident in their presence in many countries of the world, including goods and products that have been targeted by some users of social media, where UAE exports exist according to the statistics documented in more than 198 A country that includes the continents of the whole world, in addition to that and the certificates of the international institutions concerned, the UAE ranks first in the list of commodity exporters, as it is ranked 16 globally.

Legislative controls

The guaranteeing legislative environment to preserve the credibility of the quality of products and goods in the UAE, especially intellectual property laws and addressing crimes of commercial fraud, is prominent, as thanks to these legislations, UAE products or foreign products received for the state, whether for internal consumption or re-export, are subject to severe penalties in If they are exposed to fraudulent operations or commercial counterfeiting, with campaigns to search and continue to carry out publicly announced campaigns and prosecutions to destroy counterfeit and counterfeit goods, while international companies that have headquarters in the Jebel Ali region and the free zones in the country will not be satisfied with the nature of If its products are subject to imitation, especially since the UAE is a starting point for the markets of other neighboring countries, with a review of a number of legislations in that regard, especially Federal Law No. 37 of 1992 in the matter of trademarks, and Federal Law No. 4 of 1979 regarding the suppression of fraud and fraud in Commercial transactions, and other strict and structured legislation and laws.

Refute rumors

Slanders are issued on the economy of the UAE and Emirati exports through the promotion of false rumors and accusations and satire from people with weak psychology and for the purpose of carrying out a malicious agenda, which is not accepted by the UAE, which is known to preserve the interests of all countries and respect its status.

In addition, complaints should be directed to the competent and official bodies that receive and deal with them according to the laws and regulations in each country. With regard to recent rumors through social media, it can be refuted and answered as follows:

1 Concerning the arbitrary accusations that indicate the lack of control over industrial establishments, as long as the manufactured goods inside the Jebel Ali Free Zone are abroad and do not enter the UAE market, it is possible to confirm the falsehood of that misleading information, which quotes the misrepresentation of information without previous verification, especially that the Jebel region Ali Al-Hurra is part of the Emirates government system, and accordingly is subject to various regulations, standards and legislation aimed at preserving health, as well as combating fraud and fraud.

Accordingly, a wide list of agencies entrusted with these tasks is located in the heart of the Jebel Ali Free Zone, which includes institutions that provide integrated control, examination and response to fraud, such as customs, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, Dubai Municipality, and the Department of Security, Health and Safety of the Department Planning and development (licenses), where there is an integrated and permanent coordination with those areas.

The Jebel Ali Free Zone, in coordination at the highest level, works with the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (Standards) in following up the controls of auditing and manufacturing control in the UAE, as well as products manufactured for export to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, as well as other countries of the world. The production lines of some factories in the UAE are affiliated with major brands, and production and manufacturing operations are carried out according to controls, standards and standard specifications, and they are supervised and authorized to practice the activity in light of clear and precise controls in the entire production chain and stages.

2 It is regarding the issue of adulterated goods that the rumors of those rumors claim are manufactured in Jebel Ali from unhealthy materials. This matter is completely disgraceful to increase control over all products and goods, and it is not possible to judge cases of fraud by referring only to some consumers or People in the forefront of social media campaigns. The discovery of cigarette packages for international brands that contain harmful substances or not written the word (warning), is something that refutes any acceptance of reason and logic, and in the end, all products and goods are subject to control by official authorities, whether in the UAE or in countries that receive UAE exports . These institutions enjoy high and global levels of supervision, control and response to these crimes.

And if there are some cases or individual crimes, this should not be generalized to the entire exports of the country and in a systematic manner that aims to undermine the reputation of the exports of a country that enjoys international credibility.

3 The product is not necessarily indicative of the country of origin, as the first three numbers Barcode do not refer to the country in which the product was manufactured, but rather indicate the country in which the company has its headquarters, for example the product that is made in Switzerland, and the symbol is mentioned in it UAE Police, this does not mean that the product was manufactured in the UAE, but rather, it is a trademark and trade symbols circulating and known throughout the world, to guide them and a serial knowledge of exporting the product from the country of origin to the target country or market.

4 As the electrical and manufactured electrical products referred to are not suitable for use in the UAE, this is due to a purely technical reason, because the two plugs and electrical loads are different from the local supplies, while the operations and manufacturing lines in the Emirates for electrical products at the same time take into account the variation in the technical specifications And the power of the electric current that differs from one country to another, and they are technical standards and requirements that are rich in definition and circulated among all countries of the world, and at the same time subject to the standards established by the authorities and institutions for specifications and conformity in each country of the world, and not It has a relationship, near or far, with commercial fraud operations in the United Arab Emirates aimed at harming consumers in any country that imports Emirates electrical products.

Facts and achievements

With regard to the accusations leveled against the Jebel Ali Free Zone, it can be considered in the announced facts, the most important of which is that the Jebel Ali Free Zone has become one of the largest free zones specialized in the fields of industry, trade and logistical services in the world, through a path that extends for about 35 years, during which it has established a pioneering model for economic regions Not in the Middle East alone, but in the whole world, and directs its investments to the economic region in the Middle East, Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, which includes about 3.5 billion consumers, and is exported to 194 countries around the world. Today, the Jebel Ali Free Zone is home to more than 7,500 companies that include a large list of major companies and more than 100 global companies that are included in the list of the world's wealthiest companies, “Fortune 500,” which includes “Nissan”, “Toyota”, and “Volkswagen”. Waggen, Samsung, Sony and many others. The Jebel Ali Free Zone also includes 529 companies operating in the food and beverage industry and production from more than 67 countries, including 22 American companies, 28 British companies, 7 German companies, and 13 companies. French.

It also includes the most important brands in the field of food and beverages, which are based in Jebel Ali for manufacturing, and the largest companies in the world, including (Nestle - March - Unilever, Kraft Foods - Haines - McCormick - California Garden - Master Baker), and that about 130 countries Food products manufactured in the Jebel Ali Free Zone are used.

The power of business relationships

In conclusion, it is possible to examine and link these rumors on social media, and the steady increase in economic relations between Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, especially in light of the high directives and insights between the leaders of the two sister countries, from strengthening the convergence of an economy that is almost connected , And the strategic role played by the UAE-Saudi Coordination Council, which supervises all channels of cooperation and partnership between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia since 2016, and falls within its priorities and primary tasks deepening and sustaining relations between the two brotherly countries and strengthening of A comprehensive and integrated economic system between the two countries, as well as several initiatives and frameworks aimed at further integration, such as facilitating trade exchange and customs facilities, supporting strategies for the exchange of investments between the two countries, and resolving many obstacles for exporters and importers, whether Saudi or Emirati, with regard to what exceeded Commercial fraud and counterfeiting.

According to statistics on the level of trade exchange, it is possible to indicate the unprecedented growth in the value of trade exchanges between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia during the past year by about 35.6%.

Saudi Arabia also ranked the third commercial partner of the UAE in the list of the ten most important trading partners, as Saudi Arabia jumped to the rank of the third commercial partner of the UAE with a non-oil trade exchange amounting to 107.7 billion dirhams and a contribution rate of 6.6% of the total UAE trade, by the end of last year compared to the partner level The fourth commercial year of 2017, when its contribution to the UAE trade reached 4.9%, all of which are indications of the strong commercial and economic relations between the two brotherly countries, from which distortion campaigns of Emirati products can not be obtained from social media, so what Emirati people harm the brotherly Saudi people.

35.6%

Unprecedented growth in the value of trade exchanges between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia during 2018.

26.5%

The UAE accounted for the total non-oil goods in the external region.

The UAE is on the list of the most important exporters, importers and total non-oil commodities trade in the region. The Kingdom contributed 6.6% of the total UAE trade at the end of 2018.

Saudi Arabia jumped to the rank of the third trading partner of the UAE with a non-oil trade exchange amounting to 107.4 billion dirhams last year.

Control devices

Jebel Ali Free Zone applies the highest standards of quality management, as it was the first entity in the Middle East to successfully implement the standards of the regional security management system, and it obtained 13 years ago a certificate (ISO 2007,28000), for the quality management system, and (ISO 2014.10002), To manage customer complaint, it was also the first in the Middle East to obtain (ISO 2018,450001) the OSH management system.

Accusations of UAE commodity exports mean that accusations will be made against regulatory agencies in about 198 markets and countries that receive UAE exports, as no complaints were issued from those countries, and in the end, lack of coordination behind rumors or circulating false information that misleads the consumer, but the consumer can make sure From all the information and its authenticity through the channels and official authorities in his country.

Emirates commercial position

Trade data for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa region in non-oil commodities indicate that they reached more than $ 1.5 trillion, of which $ 547 billion is non-oil commodity exports, and $ 958 billion worth of imports, and the UAE ranks on the list of the most important exporters, importers and the total trade of that region in commodities. Non-oil, as the UAE accounts for 26.5% of the total foreign trade in non-oil goods, and 30.9% of it is from the non-oil exports of the region, and 23.9% of the region's imports of non-oil goods.

The UAE is also ranked fourth globally as the most important importer of non-oil commodities in the Middle East and North Africa, after China, America, and Germany. The UAE is also ranked eighth globally as the most important future for non-oil commodity exports in the Middle East and North Africa, after Saudi Arabia, Iraq, China, India, America, Germany and France.