Dubai - Mubasher: Dubai's non-oil foreign trade increased by AED 5 billion to AED 645 billion in the first half of 2018.
Re-exports went up by 14% or AED 24 billion to AED 203 billion, while imports amounted to AED 377 billion, and exports totalled AED 65 billion.
Free zones' foreign trade increased by 20% to AED 43 billion in H1-18 to AED 257 billion, as reported by Emirates News Agency (WAM).
Dubai's airborne trade accounted for AED 302 billion while seaborne trade recorded AED 237 billion, with land transportation registering AED 106 billion worth of trade.
China remained Dubai's biggest trading partner with bilateral trade reaching AED 69 billion, followed by India with AED 56 billion, the United States with AED 39 billion.
Saudi Arabia remains the largest Arab trade partner of the UAE and its fourth largest global trade partner with AED 29 billion.
