UAE, Your trade gate to the Middle East

YOUR TRADE GATE TO THE MIDDLE EAST UAF 41 8 . in global * 2nd • ranked y, 9. by credit 2.7 million number of visitors reached ч V. y1 8. in the world's fastest growing destination city in the world in the World in Terms of Inbound International Visitors highest recruiter in the World TOP 50 tourist spending worthiness meetings destinations • ranked among the RICHEST PLACES on earth • Compared to 2012, Dubai number of visitors jumped to 8.8 Millions, that's an increase by 15.3% in 2011 Compared to 2011, the spending by tourists jumped by around 18.5% the world 2nd most popular retail hub for global brands 2nd MOST PRODUCTIVE in Arab Cities of the Future to $8.8 billion in 2012 economy Dubai Mall is the ° the world RICHEST of the Emirates and a 32 nd WORLD'S LARGEST world's Most Competitive City shopping mall with total area 2nd most popular destination for GLOBAL PLAYER · DUBAI 1,124,000 m2 shopping after the United States s own right in • Khalifa Port is the new state of the art gateway to Abu Dhabi. It is now handling all of Abu Dhabi's container traffic. Khalifa Port has the first semi-automated container terminal in the region • Jebel Ali Port is ranked among the TOP 10 Container Ports Worldwide, having handled 13 million TEU in 2011 • ABU DHABI 202 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES the world different 12 nationalities exist in UAE labor market richest country with $47,439 GDP (PPP) per capita ports, including Khalifa & Jebel Ali Ports, the most important ports in the region O the world the world 2 nd 1* FORERUNNER nd in region for outlook that in the Arab World in ease of starting among tomorrow's leading country brands most preferred largest producer of desalinated international retail market encourages trade. business water imported merchandise worth the world's $285 the world's 1.6% 20 25 th $205 billion of the world's exports biggest exporter in merchandise trade constituted, and stood at has been exported in merchandise trade importer in merchandise trade $18.215 billion, which represent 1.1% trillion of merchandise trade of the world's imports of $18.38 trillion 3rd LARGEST GLOBAL the world's 1* 3rd 1* in the world in the re-export of gold bullion worldwide worldwide in re-export of rice in re-export of plastics re-exporter of tea, and Re-Exporter of Ceramics th re-exporter of coffee FACTS • Many brands around the world are expanding their trade or business to the Middle East countries and Asia's developing markets through UAE The main trade barriers for foreign companies to establish business in UAE are: COST OF COMMUNICATIONS LANGUAGE BARRIER CULTURAL BARRIER • UAE is the main trade gateway as it is considered as the major re-export hub in the region REFERENCES: Nbu Dhabi Marketing Group MasterCard's "Worldwide Index of Global Destination Cities" for 2012 UAE Ministry of Labor World Trade Organization secretariat for 2011 The 27th International Autumn Trade Fair Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre World Bank Dubai Statistics Centre CBRE Middle East UAE daily newspaper The National International Monetary Fund WAM Abu Dhabi FutureBrand FREE We break the language, cultural and communications barriers for you, expand your business with NDMG NOW! UšI äjlal i, Liwl le Jaail liejl Follow us to get your free consultation now! Like us on Facebook or follow on Twitter for coming statistics and important data on the UAE trade market @ADMGUAE ADMGUAE