Data showed that Dubai’s non-government exports and re-exports soared 16.5% in the first half of 2011 from a year earlier.
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the value of exports and re-exports of its members went up to 120.2 billion dirhams in the first six months of this year from 103.2 billion dirhams in the same period in 2010.
Data from Dubai customs showed direct trade advanced 34% in the first quarter to 183 billion dirhams.