The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority said that the value of the UAE's trade in pearls, gemstones, precious metals and manufactures of these materials increased by 16.3 billion dirhams, or 9.3% during the first half of last year 2019 compared to the same period in 2018
Statistics released by the competitive and statistics showed that the UAE trade of pearls, precious stones and precious metals reached 191.3 billion dirhams in the first half of 2019 compared to 175 billion dirhams in the same period of 2018.
This trade, according to competitive statistics and statistics, constituted about 24.3% of the total non-oil foreign trade in the Emirates in the first half of last year, amounting to 785.9 billion dirhams.
The UAE trade was divided into pearls, precious stones and precious metals by 36.87 billion dirhams for exports, an increase of 40% compared to the same period in 2018.
The country's total imports increased from 96.3 billion dirhams in the first half of 2018 to 102.8 billion dirhams in the first half of 2019, an increase of 6.7%, and re-exports decreased slightly by 1.3%.