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Dubai / WAM Dubai Cars and Automotive Zone’s (Ducamz’s), customs centre has announced that it processed 429,602 transactions and made 31 seizures in 2018, compared to 268,070 transactions and 14 seizures in the first half of 2019. Meanwhile, Dry Port customs centre carried out 812,529 transactions last year, with that number totaling 430,142 transactions in H1 this year. This came ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Thirty candidates have been announced as finalists for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2020 on Monday. Addressing some of the world’s most pressing and core development challenges, and aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2030, the finalists of the Zayed Sustainability Prize are now vying to win up to ten awards, across five categories: Health, ...

Dubai / WAM A European trade delegation comprising of 39 decision-makers from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Greece, Hungary and Italy has visited Ras Al Khaimah to explore the potential of the emirate as a gateway to fast emerging economies in the Middle East. Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (Rakez), organised a special event for the multi-sector mission operating in the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Sunday listed the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Global Medium Term Note Programme total amount of $ 10,000,000,000 in three tranches, according to ADX’s official website. Demonstrating strong investor confidence in its solid credit fundamentals, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi on September 23 successfully priced a $10 billion multi-tranche international ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The value of non-oil foreign merchandise trade through Abu Dhabi ports stood at AED 121.5 billion by end of first seven months of 2019, according to the figures revealed by the Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi (SCAD), Sunday. According to SCAD, foreign trade data presented do not cover non-oil exports and imports through ports of the other Emirates ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Registration Authority of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), and the Registrar of Companies New Zealand have announced a partnership to expand their cooperation, in recognition of the increasingly international nature of business, aimed at improving the exchange of information and expertise in both jurisdictions. The Statement of Co-operation (Agreement) was signed by Dhaher bin ...

Dubai / WAM During her visit to the Gitex Technology Expo 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Sunday, Dr Amal Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), launched the first-of-its-kind “Smart Parliament App” in the Arab world and the Middle East. The ‘Smart Parliament App’ aims to expand communications between FNC members and the UAE community, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat on Sunday welcomed visitors at Gitex Technology Week with its advanced and innovative showcases focusing on its main theme ‘5G-A World without limits’ highlighting the significant role of technologies like AI, Robotics, VR and AR across verticals. The theme is aligned with Etisalat’s vision ‘Driving the digital future to empower societies’ by presenting solutions for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), the entity responsible for developing a quality infrastructure in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, will mark its participation at Gitex Technology Week 2019 with the launch of the ‘Jawdah’ smart app, along with its Verification and Inspection geographic information system maps project. The Smart Verification and Inspection GIS system ...

MUKALLA / WAM A UAE cargo ship carrying 7,000 metric tonnes of diesel arrived in the Yemeni port of Mukalla, Hadramaut, to refuel engine generators at power stations in the coastal cities. This is the second batch of power support by the UAE to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people and help maintain local energy needs. The ship was ...