Dubai Chamber opens a new representative office in Mumbai

MEDIA IN, Dubai, August 5, 2018 (WAM)

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today opened a new representative office in India to expand its presence in Asia. The new office in India is the tenth in the world market, with offices in Panama, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Baku, Azerbaijan, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Erbil in Iraq, Ghana and Maputo in Mozambique, Nairobi in Kenya and Shanghai in China. Hamad Bu Amim, Director General of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: “The Dubai market is very important to the Indian market and, as one of the largest trading partners in the emirate of Dubai, has the potential to stimulate sustainable growth for our business partners. On the business community in Dubai. The number of Indian companies registered in Dubai Chamber’s membership increased from 27717 in 2015 to 38,238 in the first half of this year, a growth of 38%. Jewelery and precious stones dominate more than half of Dubai and India’s trade, while Dubai’s major imports from India include live animals, animal products, vegetables, vegetable oils, food and tobacco products, chemicals, plastics, rubber, timber, ceramics and cement. India ranked second on the list of trade partners of the emirate of Dubai in 2017 with a trade value of 99 billion dirhams, representing 7.6% of Dubai’s total non-oil trade with the world.