DUBAI: Jafza Organizes American Business ForumSource: www.export-egypt.com 3/22/2017, Location: Middle East |
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Jebel Ali Free Zone, Jafza, a DP World Company and the UAE’s flagship trade and logistics hub for the Middle East region and Africa, organised a business forum for American companies operating in the free zone to strengthen co-operation and to explore opportunities in those regions.
Details of the expansion plans of these companies and their needs for Jafza to enhance infrastructure and increase efficiency were also discussed. The forum was attended by Mohammed Al Muallem, CEO of Jafza and Senior Vice President and Managing Director of DP World-UAE Region, Nasir Abbasi, Commercial Attach? at the US Consulate in Dubai, and senior officials from the American Business Council. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, highlighted the strong trade relations between the UAE and the United States through economic partnerships with trade between Jafza and the US reaching $4.1 billion in 2015. "Foreign Direct Investment is a major thrust of the government’s economic policy and Jafza is part of that initiative with firm and growing partnerships with US companies in the free zone," he said. Abbasi commended the efforts of the UAE Government in providing business-friendly processes that have catapulted the UAE’s global ranking to 31 in the World Bank report on the ease of doing business and first position in the Middle East and North Africa region. He said that the importance of the country as a hub for logistical and commercial re-export of American products to regional markets, due to its strategic location, superior infrastructure and logistics services, is one of its unique advantages. The ease of conducting business is also a decisive factor for American and other international companies looking to base themselves in the UAE. Abbasi said that the oil and gas, healthcare, information security were some of the UAE’s key sectors. He emphasised the growing importance of sustainable energy in the country and applauded the DP World Solar programme for its far-sighted approach in generating clean energy. Danny Sebright, President of the US-UAE Business Council, said the UAE is the largest market for US exports in the Middle East and North Africa region, with US exports reaching $22.38 billion in 2016 and total trade between the two countries of $25.74 billion. Jafza is home to over 400 US companies, including several Fortune Global 500 American companies, such as General Motors, HP, Dow Chemicals, Ford, General Electric, Caterpillar, FedEx, P&G, and Johnson & Johnson. |
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