Dubai External Direct Trade Statistics 1997


Total in Value (Dirhams)

  1995 1996 % Change
Exports 4,686,169,000 4,212,729,000 -10.10
Re-exports 13,068,566,000 16,120,386,000 23.35
Import 54,638,363,000 61,795,241,000 13.10

Total

72,393,098,000 82,128,356,000 13.45
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Exports by Product (in million Dirhams)

Product 1995 1996 % Change
Base matels & products 2,210 1,949 -11.81
Textiles & textile products 693 828 19.48
Pearls, precious stones, matals, etc. 169 271 60.36
Prep. foodstuff, beverages, tabacco 209 237 13.40
Mineral products 228 214 -6.14
Prod. of chemical / allied industries 156 171 9.62
Plastics & rubber products 102 113 10.78
Wood pulp, waste paper, etc. 73 76 4.11
Animal / Veg. fats, oils & waxes 101 75 -25.74
Machinery, records, TV, etc. 53 61 15.09
Asbestos products, ceramics, glass 39 61 56.41
Vegetable products 25 49 96.00
Animals / animal products 78 49 -37.18
Misc. manufactured products 32 26 -18.75
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, etc. 504 14 -97.22
Raw hides, skins, leather etc. 9 7 -22.22
Optical, medical equipment etc., watches 2 5 150.00
Footwear, headgear, etc. 1 3 200.00
Wood & wood products 1 0.5 -50.00
Works of art & antiques - 0.3 -
Arms & ammo, parts & accessories - - -

Total

4,685 4,210 -10.14
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Exports by Top Ten Destinations (in million Dirhams)

Destination 1995 1996 % Change
Japan 597 616 3.18
Taiwan 209 243 16.27
USA 165 218 32.12
India 256 216 -15.63
South Korea 316 209 -33.86
United Kingdom 176 204 15.91
Oman 199 174 -12.56
Switzerland 108 166 53.70
Thailand 165 153 -7.27
Germany 146 145 -0.68
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Re-expoers by Product (in million Dirhams)

Product 1995 1996 % Change
Machinery, recorders, TV, etc. 2,666 3,528 32.33
Textiles & textile products 5,596 3,170 22.11
Vegetable products 1,253 1,668 33.12
Vehicles, aricraft, vessels, etc. 1,773 1,608 -9.31
Pearls, precious stones, metals, etc. 811 903 11.34
Plastics & rubber products 546 891 63.19
Base metals & products 507 785 54.83
Prod. of chemical / allied industries 551 692 25.59
Misc. manufactured products 423 595 40.66
Prep. foodstuff, beverages, tabacco 471 467 -0.85
Optical, medical equipment etc., watches 287 375 30.66
Asbostos products, ceramics, glass 217 356 64.06
Footwear, headgear, etc. 256 332 29.69
Animals / animal products 213 226 6.10
Raw hides, skins, leather etc. 109 134 22.94
Wood pulp, waste paper etc. 94 125 32.98
Mineral products 90 121 34.44
Animal / veg. fats, oil & waxes 117 75 -35.90
Wood and wood products 44 68 54.55
Works of art & antiques 47 0.5 -98.94
Arm & ammo, parts & accessories 0.2 0.3 50.00

Total

13,071 16,120 23.32
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Re-Export by Top Ten Destinations (in million Dirhams)

Destination

1995

1995

% Change

Iran 3,232 2,872 -11.14
India 929 1,188 27.88
Saudi Arabia 682 831 21.85
Afghanistan 458 819 78.82
Kuwait 318 686 115.72
Azerbaijan 415 677 63.13
Russia 332 515 55.12
Turkay 50 475 850.00
Pakistan 452 475 5.09
Qatar 422 446 5.69
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Import by Product

Product

1995

1996

% Change

Machinery, records, TV, etc. 13,037 14,581 11.84
Textiles & textile products 9,777 10,591 8.33
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels etc. 4,706 6,933 47.32
Base metals & products 4,454 4,727 6.13
Prod. of chemical / allied industries 3,062 6,451 12.70
Vegetable products 2,663 3,118 17.09
Plastics & rubber products 2,237 2,757 23.25
Misc. manufactured products 2,033 2,387 17.41
Optical, medical equipment, watches 1,844 2,002 8.57
Prep. foodstuff, beverages, tabacco 1,609 1,777 10.44
Pearls, precious stone, metal, etc. 1,949 1,753 -10.06
Animals / animal products 1,478 1,602 8.39
Footwear, heargear, etc. 1,174 1,518 29.30
Asbestos products, ceramics, glass 1,098 1,239 12.84
Mineral products 987 984 -0.30
Wood pulp, waste paper etc. 936 839 -10.36
Wood & wood products 854 774 -9.37
Raw hides, skins, leather etc. 456 526 15.35
Animal / veg fats, oil & waxes 277 226 -18.41
Works of art & antiques 5 5 0.00
Arms & ammo, parts & accessories 5 5 0.00

Total

54,638 61,795 13.10
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Import by Top Ten Countries of Origin (in million Dirhams)

Country

1995

1996

% Change

USA 4,412 6,859 55.46
China 5,769 6,634 14.99
Japan 5,695 6,282 10.31
United Kingdom 4,079 4,546 11.45
India 4,125 4,486 8.75
South Korea 4,303 4,433 3.02
Germany 3,410 3,244 -4.87
Italy 2,234 2,722 21.84
Taiwan 1,865 2,271 21.77
Indonesia 1,651 1,978 19.81
(Difference in totals is due to the rounding off of figures).
Export figures exclude crude oil and petroleum gas export. Import figures exclude imports into the Free Zones and Duty Free Storage areas.
Source: Department of Ports and Customs
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