Export 2017 201

• In 2017 Export and imports remained stable with minor change vis-à-vis 2016,re-exports increased by 9%

• Market diversification index increased from 365 in 2016 to 389 in 2017

• Product diversification index increased from 246 in 2016 to 293 in 2017

• Korea ,Singapore and Turkey emerged as important exports markets in 2017

• Hong Kong has been an important re-export market for Dubai in 2017

• Gold and aluminum remained top exports

• Manufactured gold and unwrought gold(Gold bars) each achieved 15 Billion AED export value in 2017(together 21% of total export value)

• Electricals and Processed Diamond form a significant share of re-exports-indicating opportunities for converting these re-exports to exports by adding value

15BilAED

15BilAED

Asia, Europe and Africa were the leading destinations for export from Dubai

• Dubai stood in the first position in market diversification index when benchmarked with Niche value creators (Ireland, Singapore, Korea).Dubai is set at 100 as a base for comparison

100

85

4452

Altogether 21 countries in Asia,17 in Africa,7 in Europe received exports from Dubai exceeding 1 mil products in 2017(see details in the appendix)

143

803

330

144

798

360

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Bill

ion

s A

ED

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

144 143

798 803

360 330

0%

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20%

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50%

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70%

80%

90%

100%

2017 2016

Exports Imports Re-exports

Export Diversification index base year:

2012=100

In 2017 diversification index reached 389 for

markets and 293 for products, three times or

more than the base value in 2012 of 100

100

1.6

337379

365389

100

142

303290

246

293

0

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100

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Market Diversification inedx based on Hirchman index Product Diversification index based on Hirchman index

Africa10%

Amercas4%

Asia71%

Europe10%

Oceania1%

Others4%

Export destinations by region 2017

Africa10%

Amercas4%

Antarctica0%

Asia64%

Europe13%

Oceania0%

Others9%

Re-export destinations by region 2017

16

1.6

1210

6

5

5

4

4

4

0 20

TURKEY

INDIA

SAUDI ARABIA

SULTANATE…

IRAQ

USA

KUWAIT

SINGAPORE

SOUTH…

SWITZERLAND

Billion AED

Billions

48

15

156

4

3

2

2

2

2

0 100

7108…

7601U…

7113 Articles …

2402 Cigarettes

2710…

1701 Sugar

8905 Light …

4911 Printed…

7408 Copper…

3901 Plastics

Billion AED

Billions

61

53

3.819

13

12

8

7

7

6

0 100

8517 Electricals

7102 Diamonds

8703 Motor Cars

7113 Articles of …

8471…

2710…

8803Parts of…

8407 Spark-…

8708 Parts and…

2402 Cigarettes

Billion AED

Billions

• Korea ,Singapore and Turkey emerged as important exports markets in 2017• Hong Kong is an important re-export market in 2017• Gold and aluminum remained top exports. Manufactured gold and unwrought gold(Gold bars) each achieved 15

Billion AED export value• Electricals and Diamond formed a significant share of re-exports-indicating opportunities exist for converting re-

exports to exports by adding value

42

34

3024

17

14

13

12

12

11

0 50

IRAN

SAUDI ARABIA

INDIA

IRAQ

HONG KONG

BELGIUM

USA

SULTANATE…

KUWAIT

UK (UNITED…

Billion AED

Billions

0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000

KENYA

SOUTH AFRICA

SUDAN

DJIBOUTI

ETHIOPIA

SOMALIA

MOROCCO

MAURITIUS

UGANDA

Countries to which a high number of HS codes(≥1 million) were exported in 2017(Africa)

Series 1

0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,500,000

SULTANATE…

INDIA

PAKISTAN

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

IRAN

BAHRAIN

LEBANON

SRI LANKA

QATAR

JORDAN

SINGAPORE

AFGHANISTAN

TURKEY

CHINA

BANGLADESH

MALDIVES

MALAYSIA

THAILAND

SOUTH KOREA

Countries to which a high number of HS codes (≥1 million) were exported in 2017(Asia)

0 500000 1000000 1500000 2000000 2500000

UK (UNITED KINGDOM)

GERMANY

ITALY

FRANCE

NETHERLANDS

SPAIN

BELGIUM

Countries to which a high number of HS codes (≥1 million) were exported in 2017 (Europe)

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KOREA SINGAPORE IRELAND DUBAI

5285

44100

1133

578

445

100

Market Diversification

Product Diversification

Dubai data 2017 data , other countries data 2016

Method (1) Hirchman concentration index

In 2017 diversification index reached 389 for

markets and 293 for products, three times or

more than the value in 2012 of 100

Method (2) # of top exports contributing 80%

of export value

In 2017 diversification index reached 200 for

markets and 223 for products, more than

double the value in 2012 of 100

100

1.6

337379

365

389

100

142

303290

246

293

0

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100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Market Diversification inedx based on Hirchman…Product Diversification index based on Hirchman…

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

100

1.6

200200

192200

100

177

277

208

177

223

Market Diversification based on # of markets contributing80% of exportsProduct diversification based on # of productscontributing 80% of exports

Export Diversification index base year :2012=100