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Trade landscape · United Arab Emirates

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↗️ India sell mandates

• Everything: Dubai is India single largest export destination (USD 32B/year)
• Gems and jewellery (Zaveri Bazaar Mumbai → Dubai Gold Souk route)
• Engineering goods (Jebel Ali Free Zone re-export hub for India-Africa-GCC corridor)
• Textiles and garments
• Food products (APEDA agro exports via Dubai)
• IT services (TCS, Infosys, Wipro all have Dubai offices serving MENA clients)
• Pharmaceutical products
• Construction materials and services
• IT services (TCS Abu Dhabi — ADNOC digital transformation)
• Construction services (major Indian EPC contractors building Abu Dhabi infrastructure)

↙️ India buy mandates

• Gold (DMCC Dubai → India refinery via official and informal channels — India imports USD 12B gold from UAE)
• UAE oil and LNG (Abu Dhabi-Dubai petroleum exports to India)
• Real estate investment (NRI Indian diaspora investing in Dubai real estate)
• Tourism services (India is UAE top source of tourists — 3M+ Indian tourists to UAE)
• EMAAR, NAKHEEL real estate brand in India (Dubai developers expanding to India)
• ADNOC oil (India imports 17% of crude from UAE-Abu Dhabi)
• Mubadala investments in India (NIIF partnership, Jio investment)
• ADIA India equity (major passive India equity investor through FPI route)
• Sharjah re-export of global goods to India (major triangular trade route)
• Emirates NBD and Mashreq banking services for India trade finance