Our international partnerships have doubled, and the world’s confidence in the UAE has been firmly established

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, said that the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade, for the first time in its history, exceeded 3.8 trillion dirhams, an increase of 26% over the previous year, and that our international partnerships have doubled, and the world’s confidence in the UAE has been firmly established.

His Highness said in a blog post on the “X” platform: “Today I reviewed the results of the foreign trade report… The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade, for the first time in its history, exceeded one trillion dollars (3.8 trillion dirhams)… an increase of 26% over the previous year.”


His Highness added: “Our non-oil exports, according to a new report that I reviewed today, exceed 813 billion dirhams, with an exceptional growth of 45% over the previous year.”

His Highness continued: “These numbers were targets that we announced 3 years ago that we would reach by 2031. 95% of them were achieved five years early.”

His Highness added: “Our investment environment has been completed… our international partnerships have doubled… our partnerships with the private sector have been strengthened… and the world’s confidence in the United Arab Emirates has been firmly established, thank God.”


His Highness said: “We congratulate all our national teams… and our message to them is: to double the work… and consolidate the partnership with the private sector to build a better economic future.”