Dubai / Emirates Business A recent analysis conducted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry revealed that Dubai’s total date trade amounted to $221.7 million in 2016, of which exports accounted for the largest share ($85.1 million), followed by imports ($72.1 million) and re-exports ($64.5 million). Dubai’s export share of the emirate’s total date trade stood at 38% in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has declared the Eid Al Fitr holiday as an official paid holiday for all private sector employees in the UAE, and will take place on the first and second days of Shawwal in the Islamic year 1425. This came in a Ministerial Circular issued by Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), continues its campaign to distribute food assistance to underprivileged families in the governorates of Yemen, as part of its Ramadan humanitarian programme to ease the suffering of the people in Yemen and improve their living conditions. The ERC distributed Iftar meals to mosques and slums in the Tarim District in Yemen’s Hadhramaut ...