The value of Abu Dhabi exports increased by 36.6% to reach 17.2 billion dirhams during the last quarter of 2018 compared to 12.6 billion dirhams during the same period in 2017.
According to the figures released by Abu Dhabi Statistics Center today, the increase in total exports came as a result of an increase in the value of each of the business sector by 4 billion dirhams and by 32.6% and the value of the government sector by 518 million dirhams, and the value of the individual sector by 3.43% Compared to the same period in 2017.
The growth rate of total exports increased by 28.7% during the fourth quarter of 2018 due to an increase in the value of exports by 3.8 billion dirhams than in the third quarter of 2018, and this was the outcome of the increase in the value of each of Business and government sectors, offset by a 19.2% decrease in the value of the retail sector in the same period.
The total value of imports was 27.4 billion dirhams during the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 27.5 billion dirhams during the same period in 2017, and this was the result of the decrease in the value of each of the business sector by 40 million dirhams and the individuals sector By 208 million dirhams, offset by an increase in the government sector by 957 million dirhams, compared to the same period in 2017.
Import growth decreased by 4.8% during the fourth quarter of 2018 due to a decrease in the total value of imported goods by about 1.4 billion dirhams than in the third quarter of 2018, and this was the outcome of the decrease in the value of imports of the sector The business was offset by an increase in the value of both the government and business sectors compared to the same period.
Pearl commodities, semi-precious or semi-precious stones, imitation jewelry, vehicles, aircraft, ships, and similar transport equipment, live animals, and animal products of the Kingdom contributed 91.9% of the total exports of the individuals sector, while each contributed Goods of vehicles, aircraft, ships, and similar transportation equipment, live animals, animal products, and articles of textile materials and articles thereof, representing 69.6% of the total imports of the individuals sector.
The three most influential commodities in the total value of the total business sector exports were goods of vehicles, aircraft, ships, and similar transport equipment, base metals and articles thereof, plastics and articles thereof, rubber and articles thereof, as these commodities contributed 62% and On the other hand, goods of vehicles, planes, ships, and similar transportation equipment, electrical machines, audio and video recording and photo equipment and accessories, and articles and articles of base metal contributed 61.3% of the total imports for the same sector.
Items of artistic antiques, antiques, vehicles, aircraft, ships, and similar transport equipment, wood and articles thereof, cork and articles thereof, items of the industries of mats and baskets, accounted for 98.3% of the total value of the total exports of the government sector, while Antiques, artifacts, vehicles, aircraft, ships, and similar transport equipment, electrical machinery, sound and video recording and photo equipment and accessories contributed to 95.1% of government sector imports.
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