UAE’s non-oil trade up 17pc in first half

The United Arab Emirates' non-oil trade hit 1.058 trillion dirhams ($288.06 billion) in the first half of 2022, up 17 per cent from a year earlier, the vice president said on Monday in a tweet.

The Gulf country's non-oil trade half-year topped 1 trillion dirhams for the first time, said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also the UAE's prime minister and ruler of Dubai.

Non-oil exports in the first half reached roughly 180 billion dirhams, up 8 per cent, and accounted for about 17 per cent of non-oil trade.