DUBAI: China was the primary trade partner to Dubai in the first nine months of 2016, with a bilateral trade worth 32.91 billion US dollars, UAE state news agency reported on Saturday.
China has been Dubai’s biggest trade partner since 2014, it added. Dubai’s total non-oil foreign trade reached 259.40 billion dollars in the first nine months of 2016. The volume represents a 1.45 percent decline over the corresponding period last year.
China left its footprint in the bilateral exchange of consumer electronics. Smart and mobile phoning devices topped the list of high-value commodities in Dubai’s foreign trade in the first nine months of this year with 33.78 billion dollars worth of trade, said Dubai Customs.
Major smartphone producers from China like Huawei or Xiaomi run significant presences in the Gulf Arab emirate and use its free zones as regional hubs. China’s Tecno Mobile expanded outside its market in Africa when it launched its new smartphone series Phantom 6 and 6 Plus in Dubai in September 2016.
“To offset the impact of the general slowdown in world economy, lower commodity prices and the slump in oil prices, Dubai has wisely restructured and broadened its sources of revenue while taking considerable measures to stimulate growth in the affected sectors,” said Chairman and CEO of global maritime port operator Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem.
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