Diamond and Gold Trade Exempted from VAT as Demand Halves
The UAE Cabinet has adopted a law to introduce the VAT Reversed Charge mechanism for investors in gold, diamond and precious metals, meaning that...
UAE best positioned to enjoy potential upside in Iranian trade volumes
Iran has been subject to sanctions since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and its 36-year isolation may be soon coming to an end. Therefore,...
GCC suspends EU free-trade talks
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has suspended talks with the European Union over a free-trade agreement, the GCC's secretary general said on Tuesday.
"We have...
Excise Tax to Go into Effect on October 1, 2017
The planned Excise Tax is set to go into effect at the beginning of October 2017, announced the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) at a...
China Sourcing Fairs opens in Dubai
China Sourcing Fairs are exclusively for importers, traders, and volume buyers
Global Sources opened opened its 6th annual China Sourcing Fairs in Dubai today to...
Samsung Launches Valued Partner Program for Mobile B2B Resellers in UAE
Samsung Gulf Electronics today, announced the launch of The Samsung Mobile Valued Partner Program for Mobile B2B resellers in the UAE. The enhanced program...
Jafza Named Best Free Zone For Large Companies Worldwide
Jafza has been named the world’s best free zone for 2017 in key categories of the FDi magazine's annual awards for global free zones.
Jafza...
New Traders Market To Open in Jebel Ali Free Zone Area
Global trade enabler DP World and the Zhejiang China Commodities City Group have signed an agreement to build a new ‘Traders Market’ at DP...
Dubai Export Development Corporation and Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority sign...
Dubai Export Development Corporation (EDC) and the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (Jafza) member of Economic Zones World, have signed a Memorandum of...
Damas Chairman highlights company’s positive outlook at second Annual General Meeting
Following the conclusion of its second Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was held today in Dubai, Damas International Limited (Damas), the leading jewellery retailer...
Dubai Customs celebrates International Customs Day with the theme “Knowledge, a...
Dubai Customs celebrates the International Customs Day on 26th January 2011. The WCO has dedicated 2011 to the promotion and pursuit of knowledge activities...
DIP Confirms 5m sq. ft Milestone Passed for Commercial Space in...
Dubai Investments Park, the wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC, has announced that total built-up warehouse, office and commercial unit space sub-leased at...
EDC meeting promotes cooperation between Dubai and the Gauteng Province in...
The Dubai Export Development Corporation (EDC) met with a delegation from South Africa to explore bilateral trade opportunities between the emirate of Dubai and...
Expo 2020 Dubai launches new procurement portal
Expo 2020 Dubai has announced the launch of the Expo 2020 eSourcing portal, an online procurement system that will link all Expo related procurement...
Luxembourg Government Delegation Impressed with Rak Ftz
Jeannot Krecké, Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg, was impressed with the policies and achievements of the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade...
Dubai is the gateway to wider the Middle East region
Ibrahim Mohamed Aljanahi, Deputy CEO of Jafza, the UAE’s flagship free zone entity, reiterated the strategic importance of Dubai as the hub to access...
Steel, Metal and Building Material trade in Jafza up 14% last...
Steel, Metal and Building Material companies based in Jafza generated trade worth AED 12.26 billion in 2010 registering a growth of 14% last year in comparison to AED 10.75 billion in 2009.
World Free Zones Organization to Boost Free Zones’ Role in Global...
New ‘Free Zone Laboratory’ designed to develop free zone operations led by industry experts. In a first of its kind initiative aimed at empowering free...