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