171.9 billion dirhams, the value of exports and re -exports of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce during the first half

Dubai, August 12 / WAM / The Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three rooms operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, announced its most prominent results for the first half of 2025, as 35,532 new companies joined their membership during the first half of this year, with a growth rate of 4% compared to the same period last year.

The value of exports and re -exports of the Chamber’s members reached 171.9 billion dirhams, a growth of 18% compared to the same period last year, while the Chamber issued 409,083 certificates of origin, an increase of 10% compared to the first half of the year 2024, and it also issued and received 2,961 temporary entry notebooks for goods for goods and goods worth 1.94 billion dirhams.

These indicators reflect the Chamber’s efforts to enhance the competitiveness of the local economy, and embody its contribution to achieving the target of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), and emphasizes the attractiveness of the business environment in the emirate, and the continued flow of foreign direct investment at a growing pace that establishes Dubai’s position as a global destination for investments.

His Excellency Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Board of Dubai Chambers, said that thanks to the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, Dubai continues to establish its position as a leading global axis of trade and investment, and the integrated business environment contributes to enhancing investor confidence in the promising prospects for the national economy.

He emphasized the keenness to enable the business community in Dubai by providing an organizational and legislative environment that stimulates growth, and anticipating promising opportunities in the regional and global markets, and the development of priority sectors, as the Chamber continues to improve its efforts to develop the close partnership between the public and private sectors, as it is a basic pillar to achieve the targets of Dubai Economic Agenda.

Dubai Chamber of Commerce succeeded during the first half of this year, and through its various programs and initiatives in supporting the global expansion of 60 local companies, recording a growth of 76% compared to 34 companies whose expansion was supported in the external markets during the same period in 2024.

Within the framework of the “New Prospects for External Expansion” initiative, which allows Dubai -based companies the opportunity to join commercial missions, the Chamber organized two commercial missions to Southeast Asia that included Thailand and the Philippines, and to Africa included Angola and Mozambique, and 1,076 bilateral work meeting between Dubai companies participating in commercial missions with local companies in those markets was organized.

The Chamber, in cooperation with business groups, reviewed 27 laws and a draft law, with an accreditation rate for the recommendations of the private sector, amounting to 60%, compared to 46% during the first half of the year 2024, while 98 meetings were held with groups and business councils, an increase of 104% compared to the same period last year, and the Chamber established during the first half of the 5 new business councils representing the nationalities of investors from Brazil, Slovakia, Peru and Indonesia And Hungary.

During the first half of the current year, the Chamber organized 19 activities that varied between seminars and awareness workshops on the legislative and legal system, attended by 1,414 participants from the business community representatives, while during the same period it received 94 mediation cases, an increase of 19% on an annual basis, as the total value of issues exceeded 213.5 million dirhams. During the first half of this year, the Dubai Center for Family Companies, which works under the umbrella of Dubai Chamber, continued its efforts to ensure the sustainability and growth of family companies, as a guide for family companies in Dubai was issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai in partnership with the Dubai Family Companies Center, with the aim of identifying ways to protect the wealth of family companies in the emirate and maintain their sustainability in conjunction with supporting the growth of their operations currently and in the future.

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