In an indication of the recovery from the effects of "Covid-19" and the return of economic activities to normal

UAE trade rises 26.5% in 9 months to 1.287 trillion dirhams

The UAE's non-oil foreign exports rose by 34.5%.

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The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center revealed that the value of the UAE's non-oil foreign trade, during the first nine months of this year, amounted to 1.287 trillion dirhams, registering a significant increase of 26.5% over the same period in 2020, when it amounted to 1.017 trillion dirhams, in an indication On the recovery of UAE trade from the effects of the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic, and the return of economic activities to normal.

Exports and imports

In a report issued on the UAE's non-oil trade during the first nine months of 2021, the center explained that the value of the UAE's non-oil foreign exports increased by 34.5%, registering 248 billion dirhams, compared to 184.3 billion dirhams during the same period in 2020.

In turn, the value of re-export trade increased by 24%, after it amounted to 324.7 billion dirhams, compared to 261.8 billion dirhams during the same period in 2020.

The value of non-oil foreign imports also increased by 25.1%, after reaching 714.3 billion dirhams, compared to 571.1 billion dirhams during the same period in 2020.

gold tops

According to the report, gold plated with platinum, raw, semi-worked, or in powder form, topped the UAE's non-oil trade with the countries of the world with a value of 226.4 billion dirhams, followed by phones of all kinds with a value of 136 billion dirhams, and then diamonds (albeit unoccupied) with a value of 84 billion dirhams. .

Gold plated with platinum, raw, semi-worked or in powder form, topped the UAE's non-oil "exports" abroad, with a total of 92.3 billion dirhams, followed by exports of raw aluminum with a value of 17.3 billion dirhams, then petroleum oils, mineral oils and waste oils, which recorded 10 billion dirhams.

Re-export

Phones of all kinds came to the fore in the list of re-exports with a value of 64 billion dirhams, followed by diamonds (albeit unoccupied) with a value of 40 billion dirhams, then cars and other vehicles designed to transport people (except for cars designed to transport 10 or more people, including saloon and racing cars). With a value of 16.8 billion dirhams.

Gold, including platinum-coated raw, semi-worked or in powder form, ranked first in the list of the UAE's non-oil foreign imports with a value of 132.1 billion dirhams, followed by telephones of various types with a value of 71.2 billion dirhams, then diamonds with a value of 39.2 billion dirhams.

India leads

India ranked first in the list of countries that received the UAE's non-oil exports with a total of 36.4 billion dirhams, or 14.7% of the total value of exports, followed by Saudi Arabia, with a value of 29.2 billion dirhams, or 11.8% of the total value of exports, and then Switzerland, which recorded 20.1 billion dirhams with 8.1 % of the total value of exports.

Re-export

With regard to re-exports, Saudi Arabia came first with a total of 42.8 billion dirhams, or 13.2% of the total value of re-exports, followed by Iraq with a total of 31.9 billion dirhams, or 9.8%, and India with a total of 28.3 billion dirhams, or 8.7%.

supplying countries

In turn, China came at the forefront of the countries from which the UAE imported, during the first nine months of this year, with a total of 133.7 billion dirhams, or 18.7% of the total imports, followed by India with a total of 54.7 billion dirhams, or 7.7% of the total, and then the United States with a total of 42.2 billion dirhams. By 5.9%.

• Platinum-coated, crude or semi-worked gold exports the UAE's non-oil trade.

Non-Arab Asian countries

The UAE's trade with the "group of non-Arab Asian countries" came in the first place, with a value of 529.4 billion dirhams, or 41.1% of its trade with a group of different countries, during the first nine months of this year, followed by trade with a group of European countries with a value of 210 billion dirhams. With a rate of 16.3%, then the Gulf Cooperation Council group with a value of 178.8 billion dirhams, or 13.9% of the total trade.

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