Dubai Chamber of Commerce recorded a 4% year-on-year increase in membership in the first half of 2025, adding 35,532 new companies, while the value of members’ exports and re-exports climbed 18% to Dh171.9 billion.
The chamber issued 409,083 Certificates of Origin between January and June, up 10% from the same period last year, and processed 2,961 ATA Carnets for goods valued at about Dh1.94 billion.
Its New Horizons programme supported 60 local companies in entering new global markets, a 76% increase from 34 a year earlier. Trade missions to Thailand, the Philippines, Angola and Mozambique resulted in 1,076 meetings between Dubai firms and international counterparts.
In policy work, the chamber reviewed 27 laws and draft laws with Business Groups, achieving a 60% adoption rate for private-sector recommendations, up from 46% in H1 2024. It held 98 meetings with Business Groups and Councils, more than double last year’s figure, and established five new Business Councils for investors from Brazil, Slovakia, Peru, Indonesia and Hungary.
Legal services activity included 19 events attended by 1,414 participants and 94 mediation cases, a 19% increase, with a combined value exceeding Dh213.5 million.
The Dubai Centre for Family Businesses, part of Dubai Chambers, published a guidebook in partnership with the Department of Economy and Tourism on preserving family wealth and ensuring long-term business continuity.
