DUBAI CHAMBERPROSPECTS AND OUTLOOK
• UAE / Dubai highlights • Dubai Chamber 2015 • Key Focus 2015• Outlook 2016
AGENDA
HIGHLIGHTS 2015
UAE BUSINESS CLIMATE
1st
17th
31st
IN ARAB WORLD FOR DOING BUSINESS
IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
IN EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
UAE
3rd
TOP 10
MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY
MOST INFLUENTIAL CITY IN THE WORLD
DUBAI
Sources: World Bank Group; World Economic Forum Sources: Jones Lang LaSalle; Forbes
Source : DCCI, World Economic Forum
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Italy
S.Korea
Australia
Belgium
UAE
UK
Germany
USA
Singapore
Switzerland
Global Competitiveness Index 2015-2016 (out of 140 countries)
1
2
3
4
10
17
19
21
43
26
*4%
2015 DUBAI GDP GROWTH
3%
4.4% 4.9%3.8%
4%
2011
Source : Dubai Statistics Centre
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
2012 2013 2014 2015
*Dubai Chamber estimate
• TRADE SHARE OF GDP 30%• Est. VALUE $360bn for 2015
TRADE AND COMMERCE
TRADE IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO DUBAI’S GDP
SUSTAINED GROWTH• 14.2m visitors in 2015
(growth of 7.5%)• 13.2m tourists in 2014
(8.2%) • 677 hotels - 98,300 rooms • 4,000 new rooms in 2015• 139 new hotels by 2017• 20m tourists by 2020
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
• The world’s busiest hub• 71m passengers in 2014• 78m in 2015 (growth 11%)• 2.5m tonnes of cargo (2015; growth 3.4%)• AED 7.1bn duty free sales• Al Maktoum International
on track
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2015
DUBAI CHAMBER 2015
New members in 2015
MEMBERSHIP
15,905
9.5% Membership growth
(IN ‘000)
MEMBERSHIP GROWTH
In 2015($77.7bn)
MEMBER EXPORTS
AED 286bn
15% 9%
8%2%
(1%)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
300
200
150
100
50
0
250
EXPORTS - INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR (%)
(AED BILLION)
Certificates of Origin issued in 2015
CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN
(IN AED ‘000)
8% 7%
10%8%
5%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
930,000
Increase over 20145%
1,000
600
400
200
0
800
INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR (%)
ATA Carnets received in 2015Valued at AED3.5bn
ATA CARNETS
39
66
104
137
194
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
4,371
ATA CARNETS ISSUED
41.6%
Cases in 2014
MEDIATION & ARBITRATION
406
MEDIATION
Cases in 2015555
Cases in 2014174
ARBITRATION
Cases in 2015183
Customers served in 2015
CUSTOMER SERVICE
330,000
Customers served in 2014315,000Pic t
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• Restructuring and Bankruptcy• Arbitration Law• Public Private Partnerships Law• Certificates of Origin• Commercial Agencies• Products Safety
POLICY ADVOCACY
Federal, ministerial, and local legislations4
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• Country reports & app on: Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique, Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda, Ethiopia
• Reports: Customized African exports, Islamic Economy, Beyond Commodities
• 800+ additions to eLibrary
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Economic bulletins
48 Trade and
investment briefs
24
Business intelligence
reports
18 Economic trend
reports
16
• Launched in February 2014• Managed and supported by:
– Dubai World Trade Centre– Dubai Tourism – Dubai Chamber
• 23 associations established
DUBAI ASSOCIATION CENTRE
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38 cities, 30 countries
OUTBOUND DELEGATIONS 2015
Trade Missions 2015
29 missions in 2015• Ghana trade mission and
office inauguration• Trade Mission to Belarus• Trade Mission to Czech
Republic & Slovakia• Trade Mission to Expo
Milan
Received over 6,000 delegates from 141 countries over last four years
INBOUND DELEGATIONS 2013-2015
238
2013
916
427
2014
2,000
673
2015
1,616
DELEGATIONS RECEIVED
DELEGATES RECEIVED
KEY VISITS 2015
• HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium
• Rt. Hon. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand
• H.E. Saikhanbileg Chimed, Mongolian Prime Minister
• H.E. Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC EVENTS 2015
• Kenya & Mozambique Country Briefing
• Dubai-Lithuania Business seminar
• UAE- Belgium Business Forum• UAE-New Zealand Business
Seminar• UAE-Poland Business Forum• UAE-Czech Business Forum• UAE-Slovakia Business Forum• Spain Business Briefing
EMERGING MARKETS ISLAMIC ECONOMY INNOVATION
KEY FOCUS 2015
• 1,300 decision makers from 50 countries
• 24 African countries• Over 100 bilateral
meetings• Gateway to Africa app
DRIVE TO AFRICA
• Exclusive intelligence on 10 key African markets
• Access to business tenders
• Access to case studies• Request business
matching• Access to offices in Africa
GATEWAY TO AFRICA MOBILE APP
• Organized 2nd GIES• 3,500 delegates• 85 countries• 57 speakers• 16 sessions• GIES Roundtables
ISLAMIC ECONOMY
• Easy and fast access to services online– Mobile Services app– Smart Mediation app– Smart Business app– Africa Gateway app
INNOVATION: SMART SOLUTIONS
2016 OUTLOOK
2016 Q1 Highlights
• UAE - Mexico Business Forum
• Country Focus Briefing Hungary
• Mumbai, India• Jeddah, KSA• Trade Mission to
Netherlands • Dubai Hamburg
Business Forum
CIS Global Business Forum
• Held for 1st time• Theme “Ancient
Routes, New Opportunities”
• 2 day event• 1000+ delegates• 50 countries• 100 bilateral meetings
KEY UPCOMING EVENTS 2016
• Trade Mission to South Africa and Mozambique
• Global Islamic Economy Summit
• GBF Roadshows: Africa• SMM Hamburg• Roadshow to LATAM• Asia: India, China, S. Korea
10th World Retail Congress: 12-14 April - Dubai
• WRC 2015, held in Rome in September
• Attendees from 65+ countries
• 10th round in Dubai • 2016 theme “Attracting
and Engaging the Modern Customer”.
• 1,000 leading retailers and industry experts expected
• November 2016• 1st Forum for LATAM• Theme: Shifting
Synergies• 2 day event• Speeches & panel
sessions• 30+ high-level speakers• Networking opportunities
LATIN AMERICA FOCUS
INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
AFRICA CIS ASIA
LATIN AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL OFFICES
DUBAI CHAMBERPROSPECTS AND OUTLOOK
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