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UAE Freezones Biz News Updates
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7 new companies joined DMCC every day in 2015
DMCC surpasses 12,000 member companies; reports double-digit growth in 2015
DMCC, the Government authority on trade, enterprise and commodities in
Dubai, today released its annual report for 2015 that reveals market-leading
growth across all business units.
The number of companies registering to trade within the DMCC Free Zone last
year increased by 18 per cent to more than 11,500. Strong member company
registration growth has continued in 2016 with more than 12,000 signed up by
the second quarter, cementing DMCC’s position as the Best Free Zone in the
World, an accolade earned at the Financial Times fDi Magazine Global Free
Zone of the Year Awards in 2015.
On average, DMCC welcomed 7 new member companies for each working day of the
year, 18 per cent more than in 2014, cementing DMCC as the largest and
fastest growing Free Zone in the UAE.
Other key achievements included the launch of Middle East’s first Google for
Entrepreneurs Global Tech Hub with AstroLabs Dubai; record-breaking trading
volumes of over 14.5 million contracts on the Dubai Gold & Commodities
Exchange (DGCX), and ranking number 1 out 76 free zones across the globe in
Financial Times fDi’s Global Free Zone of the Year Awards.
“We are extremely proud of our performance in 2015 and making DMCC a home
for over 12,000 member companies,” said Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive
Chairman, DMCC.
“We celebrate this achievement, as the largest Free Zone in the UAE and
global Free Zone of the year, together with all of the member companies who
have come to Dubai and DMCC to pursue business opportunities in a truly
global and connected marketplace.”
DMCC is home to many several industry leaders including: Alcatel Lucent Mena,
American Express, Bvlgari, Carrera Y Carrera, Colgate-Palmolive, Duracell,
Dyson, Eurofin, Hakan Agro, John West Foods, Louis Dreyfus, Lukoil, LVMH,
Nutricia Danone, Oddfjell, Olam International, Tata International, TAG
Worldwide, Topaz Energy and Marine, and Whirlpool.
To mark its 12,000-member company milestone, DMCC today also launched an
online series of member company profiles that shows why many of the world’s
leading business choose the DMCC Free Zone.
“We are delighted that businesses around the world recognise DMCC as the
destination of choice. Sitting at the epicentre of global commerce, we are
passionate about delivering new and sustainable marketplaces for our over
12,000 Free Zone member companies whilst continuing to bring the physical,
financial and digital infrastructure they need to operate efficiently and
trade with confidence,” said Gautam Sashittal, Chief Executive Officer, DMCC.
DMCC’s commodities businesses continued to report strong growth and delivery
of new products including:
* The launch DGCX’s Single Stock Futures enabling members to trade shares of
Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Infosys, Tata Motors;
* DMCC Tradeflow, which provides a secure vehicle for owners and lenders to
finance commodities, delivered a record Dh800 million transaction with a
leading international bank;
The DMCC Tea Centre handled 45 million kg of tea in 2015 with a growth rate
of 208 per cent over the past three years. It currently processes teas from
13 different countries including Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malawi,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Vietnam, Japan, Uganda, and China.
Dubai is also the leading physical gold market and in the top three diamond
trading hubs in the world.
Further underpinning DMCC’s drive to boosting commodities trade along the
West to East corridor – connecting directly into China’s One Belt One Road
initiative, DMCC announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the China
Silver Group, China’s largest silver producer. Bank of China also announced
it has become a settlement bank on the DGCX in the first quarter of 2016.
As for its property division, the DMCC Free Zone now stands at 66 completed
mixed-use towers including five hotels, 92 educational establishments and
over 500 retail outlets across DMCC’s 200-hectare development Jumeirah Lakes
Towers (JLT).
Built to LEED gold certification, DMCC completed ONE JLT, a glass-box style
building located in the heart of the DMCC Free Zone, key to DMCC’s expansion
strategy catering to the increasing demand of large corporations and
entities such as MODUL University Vienna seeking to house their entire
operations in efficient, single-owner commercial space in Dubai.
DMCC also launched a unique report on ‘The Future of Trade’ which provides a
view of how ‘The Future of Trade’ will unfold over the next ten years,
building on insights shared by 150 experts across five continents over
twelve months. ‘The Future of Trade’ report was produced by DMCC in
conjunction with Futureagenda.org and the Centre for Economics and Business
Research (Cebr), a leading UK economics consultancy.
May 02, 16
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Courtesy Dubai Media Incorporated
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