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Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs on Sunday reveal that the government department has completed 752 declarations for Expo 2020 since 2014. Goods cleared for the exhibition between 2014 and 2021 valued AED637.3 million (AED632.3 million of imports through 628 declarations, and AED5 million for exports through 124 declarations). Expo goods weighed 11.8k tonnes (11.6k tonnes for imports and 186.7 tonnes ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), through the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), announced it won the silver category at the 2021 edition of Stevie Awards in recognition of its electronic Mollak system. The system outperformed its competition in technical innovation in customer service due to its unique technical advantages in this field. The system allows jointly owned property ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE is headed towards an exciting new phase of sustainable economic growth – one that is driven by an enhanced, technologically advanced and resilient industrial base. This is precisely the vision behind the recently launched comprehensive 10-year Industrial Strategy – known as Operation 300bn that aims to transform the industry into a vital enabler and ...

DUBAI / WAM Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government and the Future, has reaffirmed the UAE government’s commitment towards supporting global efforts in bridging the gender gap, achieving balance, and ensuring equal opportunities between women and men in various fields, through promoting partnerships between government and private sectors. Minister Al Roumi stated, in her keynote speech ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden said the sweeping infrastructure proposal he unveiled this week would result in 19 million jobs created over the next decade as the US seeks to emerge from the pandemic. “Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan the economy will create 19 million jobs,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “Good jobs, blue ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, has discussed with Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Netherlands, trade and investment ties and ways to develop them for the interest of both countries and peoples. During the meeting, which was held virtually, they exchanged views on a number ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Since the beginning of the year, the Federal National Council (FNC) has achieved several legislative, regulatory and parliamentary diplomacy milestones. During the first quarter of the year, the FNC held five sessions where it discussed seven bills and three public topics as part of the government efforts to deliver the UAE Vision 2021 and the UAE ...

DUBAI / WAM The 26th edition of Dubai International Pharmaceuticals & Technologies Conference & Exhibition- DUPHAT, will kick off on Monday, April 05, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The highly anticipated DUPHAT 2021 is expected to attract over 20,000 visitors and participants from 75 countries over the course of three-days. Organised annually by INDEX Conferences and Exhibitions — a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Chamber, the US Commercial Service at the US Embassy and the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, are organising a virtual meeting on Wednesday, April 07, to discuss investment opportunities. The meeting will bring leading investors in the UAE together with the certified trade mission for the US alternative asset fund managers. ...

CAIRO / WAM / Reuters The last ships stranded by the grounding of a giant container vessel in the Suez Canal was expected to pass through the waterway on Saturday, according to the canal authority, which said an investigation into the incident would report its findings soon. Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said 85 ships were ...