The UAE achieved a major milestone as it hit an all-time high of Dh1.395 trillion in non-oil foreign trade. The announcement came from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The Ruler confirmed the achievement under the leadership of the country’s President, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday.
Taking to X, the leader wrote: “A few years ago, we set ambitious national economic goals, aiming for Dh4 trillion in foreign trade by 2031 — a goal that was seen as highly challenging at the time. Today, the figures for the first half of 2024 show that our exports in just six months have equalled what we used to export in an entire year before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019.
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