Japan’s commercial exhibition starts in Dubai on Monday .. and 120 companies explore the opportunities for expansion in the Emirates

Dubai, February 8 / WAM / Japan Kyoto commercial exhibition will start in its second edition tomorrow, Monday, at the Dubai World Trade Center, with the participation of 100 exhibitors, and 20 additional Japanese companies working to explore opportunities and study the possibility of participating in the next session.

The Japanese Miko Interrays Foundation, organizing the exhibition, expected that the coming period will witness strong growth in the volume of trade exchange and foreign direct investment flows between the UAE and Japan, in light of the great interest from the private sector and Japanese companies to explore the opportunities for expansion in the UAE and the region, coinciding with the launch of comprehensive economic partnership negotiations Between the two countries.

May Sakawi, CEO of the Miko Enterprise Foundation, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Japan Commercial Exhibition, said that the remarkable growth in the numbers of participants in the second edition of the exhibition translates the importance of the Emirati market for Japanese companies and its aspiration to expand its business in the region from the Dubai Gate.

Sakoy explained that the UAE is the largest Japanese exports market in the Middle East with a total value of exports amounted to 11.3 billion dollars “41.5 billion dirhams” during the period from January to November 2024, according to the data of the Japanese Foreign Trade Authority “Gitro”, which showed the UAE’s acquisition of more From 45%of Japan’s trade with the Middle East countries, which amounted to 24.7 billion dollars during the period from January to November of the year 2024.

She pointed out that, according to the official data issued at the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics in the UAE, Japan ranked ninth among the list of the largest commercial partners of the Emirates in the first nine months of 2024, with a total of 45.4 billion dirhams, while Japan ranked fifth the largest non -oil import market for the Emirates During the same period, which reflects the promising prospects for the acceleration of the growth of trade exchange between the two countries during the next stage.
In September of last year, the UAE and Japan announced the start of talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, aimed at opening new horizons from the development partnership to support prosperity and economic growth of the two countries and their peoples.
The exhibition, which is the first comprehensive platform to display the innovations of Japanese companies to the business sector and investors in the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, provides the opportunity to explore commercial projects and communicate with the main players, industry leaders, buyers, retail dealers and decision makers in Japan, the UAE, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Middle East in Multiple industries.
Sakawi added: “We are enthusiastically looking for the exhibition to constitute a unique opportunity for the various Japanese industries and innovations not only to build trade relations with Emirati companies, but also a platform to celebrate the industrial and cultural diversity that Japan abounds in front of about 30 thousand expected visitors to the exhibition.”
The 2025 edition of the exhibition attracts a large number of emerging Japanese companies that seek to explore investment and financing opportunities in the UAE markets and benefit from the advantages and potentials offered by the business and investment environment in the country for startups.
Emerging Japanese companies participating in the exhibition intend to reveal their latest innovations for visitors, investors and businessmen in the UAE and the region.

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