Specific Emirates Economy and Foreign Trade Environment

Population Growth and Economic Development

• The fact that the population and the economic growth are related positively.

• Dubai is a role model to other emirates in the UAE for adopting rising the population strategy for economic growth.

UAE Population by Emirates

Source: Trading Economics 2015

UAE Population by Emirates

2015      

2014 5,628,8054 CIA estimate (from 2005 NBS census) Jul 2014

2013 9.2 millionWorld Bank 2014 Doing Business

report29 Oct 2013

2010 8,264,0703 National Bureau of Statistics UAE 03 Apr 2011

2009 6,647,945 The Economist Global Debt Clock 07 Oct 2010

2009 8,199,996 National Bureau of Statistics UAE 31 Mar 2011

2009 8.19 million National Bureau of Statistics UAE 30 May 2010

2009 6 million Employment and visa info (GN) 07 Oct 2009

2009 4,598,600 World Bank  

2008 8,073,626 National Bureau of Statistics UAE 31 Mar 2011

2008 8.07 million National Bureau of Statistics UAE 30 May 2010

Source: Dubai Statistics Center

2012

Source: Dubai Statistics Center

2013

2013

Source: Dubai Statistics Center

What is Foreign Trade ? External Trade Meaning

Foreign trade is nothing but trade between the different countries of the world. It is also called as International trade, External trade or Inter-Regional trade. It consists of imports, exports and entrepot. The inflow of goods in a country is called import trade whereas outflow of goods from a country is called export trade. Many times goods are imported for the purpose of re-export after some processing operations. This is called entrepot trade. Foreign trade basically takes place for mutual satisfaction of wants and utilities of resources

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Dubai Customs Warehouse Trade

Dubai Statistics Center 2012

In Millions AED

Foreign Trade Ras Al Khaimah

Imports Re-exports Exports

2011 2.27 Billion 2.41 1.94

2012 2.77 2.6 2.32

Population GDP

2011 : 413,000 1.191 Billion growth 3.5%

2012 : 417,000

Source: RAK Customs Dept. 2012

Foreign Trade Ras Al KhaimahTop Ten International markets for RAK Exports1.Japan

2.South Korea

3.USA

4.India

5.UK

6.Iran

7.Germany

8.Italy Germany

9.Argentina

10.Finland

Foreign Trade Ras Al KhaimahTop Ten national markets for RAK Exports1.Kuwait

2.Qatar

3.India

4.Oman

5.Bahrain

6.Kenya

7.Saudi Arabia

8.Iraq

9.Yemen

10.Tanzania