Most notably, the launch and return services for spacecraft and objects

Dubai Economy is adding 57 new commercial activities during 2020

Dubai Economy launched an activities guide that explains the mechanism of doing business.

Photography: Ahmed Arditi

Dubai Economy revealed the addition of 57 new activities to a number of vital sectors during the year 2020, bringing the total number of commercial activities to more than 2,200 activities.

This step comes after an opinion poll conducted by the commercial registration and licensing sector, to track the needs of the local market, and as part of Dubai Economic’s efforts aimed at facilitating business for holders of commercial licenses, and working to provide their activities and market needs.

The professional sector

During the past year, the list of new activities included 20 activities in the professional sector, including: comprehensive accessibility consultations for people of determination, vehicle registration services, transport and land towing of boats, yacht repair and maintenance services, kitchens center, management and operation of stores and warehouses, in addition to equipping Sterilization cabins, aircraft dismantling, and judicial expertise house services, as well as poultry processing products, home gardening services, online gaming services, children's health club, medical equipment management and operation, and other activities.

The space sector

Also, 13 activities were added in the space sector during the year 2020, most notably: launch and return services for space vehicles and objects, management and operation of space support activities, management and operation of activities at high altitudes, space logistics services, specialized training services in space fields, manned space flight services Tracking and monitoring services to identify space, manage and operate satellites and provide space services.

Commercial sector

The list included adding six activities in the field of the commercial sector, including the trade of rare and distinguished commodities, the trade of sterilization cabinets and equipment, the trade of sterilizers and disinfectants, the trade of masks and gloves, the trade of water condensing panels, and the transportation and distribution of diesel.

Engineering

Six activities have also been added in the engineering sector: building and civil construction detection engineering services, coastal engineering consultancy, oil and gas process engineering services, oil and gas electrical engineering services, oil and gas equipment engineering services, and oil and gas civil construction engineering services.

Industry and contracting

Four new activities were added in the industrial sector, including: manufacturing powders of food products, manufacturing additives and plastic compounds, operating stone quarries, printing the Holy Qur’an and Islamic publications, while four new activities were added in the contracting sector, including: Floating berths, oil and gas mechanical construction contracting, oil and gas electricity contracting, and oil and gas equipment business contracting.

In addition to that, Dubai Economy has also added four activities in the leasing sector, which are: the rental of travel supplies and tools, the rental of paintings and artworks, the rental of sterilization cabins and equipment, and the rental of robots and smart devices.

Activity Catalog

The Dubai Economic Department had launched the Economic Activities Guide, which clarifies the mechanism of conducting business and commercial activities in the Emirate of Dubai. The guide constitutes a unified reference for economic classifications, and contributes effectively to clarifying the various economic activities in the emirate.

The guide contains all the information, explanations about licenses, registration mechanism, establishment of companies in various commercial activities, legal forms, in addition to some licensing procedures such as moving the site, changing the director and freezing the license.

The most important feature of the guide is that it answers hundreds of questions of interest to companies, especially those planning to be in Dubai.

Support

Dubai Economy is working to provide motivational and moral support to launch projects and commercial establishments, which confirms the extent of interest in new companies, and the keenness to closely follow the reality of business, as well as enhancing the confidence of new and existing companies in the reality of business and commercial movement in Dubai.

• The total number of commercial activities reached 2,200.

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