{"id":"dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","canonicalSlug":"dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","language":"en","title":"Dubai economic zones report AED246bn trade in first half of 2026","summary":"DIEZ said trade across its three zones rose 17% year on year, with imports at AED134.8bn and re-exports at about AED108.8bn.","body":["Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) recorded AED246 billion in trade across its three economic zones in the first half of 2026, up 17% from the same period a year earlier, according to figures reported by WAM on 18 October. Imports rose 14% to AED134.8 billion and re-exports increased 22% to about AED108.8 billion; direct exports were about AED2.4 billion.","DIEZ said the zones accounted for about 16% of Dubai’s non-oil trade, compared with 15.4% a year earlier. Reported trade volume was about 270,000 tonnes, versus about 298,000 tonnes in the first half of 2025. The figures cover the authority’s three zones and should not be read as total Dubai trade."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Dubai economic zones report AED246bn trade in first half of 2026\n\nDIEZ said trade across its three zones rose 17% year on year, with imports at AED134.8bn and re-exports at about AED108.8bn.\n\nDubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) recorded AED246 billion in trade across its three economic zones in the first half of 2026, up 17% from the same period a year earlier, according to figures reported by WAM on 18 October. Imports rose 14% to AED134.8 billion and re-exports increased 22% to about AED108.8 billion; direct exports were about AED2.4 billion.\n\nDIEZ said the zones accounted for about 16% of Dubai’s non-oil trade, compared with 15.4% a year earlier. Reported trade volume was about 270,000 tonnes, versus about 298,000 tonnes in the first half of 2025. The figures cover the authority’s three zones and should not be read as total Dubai trade.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["logistics","non-oil-economy","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-18","eventDateBasis":"source publication date","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:34:10Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:34:10Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:26:35Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2szu49-hamdan-bin-mohammed-commends-diez%E2%80%99s-record","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), citing Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/dubai-diez-h1-trade-record-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"dubai","name":{"ar":"دبي","en":"Dubai","es":"Dubái","fr":"Dubaï","pt":"Dubai","ru":"Дубай","tr":"Dubai"},"type":"city","source":{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2szu49-hamdan-bin-mohammed-commends-diez%E2%80%99s-record","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), citing Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"},"context":{"ar":"تطور أو نشاط مُعلن في دبي.","en":"Reported development or activity in Dubai.","es":"Desarrollo o actividad comunicados en Dubái.","fr":"Développement ou activité signalé à Dubaï.","pt":"Desenvolvimento ou atividade relatados no Dubai.","ru":"Сообщаемое развитие или деятельность в Дубае.","tr":"Dubai’de bildirilen gelişme veya faaliyet."},"countryCode":"AE"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-DU"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-Q2","from":"2026-Q1","precision":"quarter"}}}