{"id":48362,"date":"2025-08-06T17:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48362\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:13:10","slug":"pakistan-mart-in-dubai-set-to-boost-global-footprint-of-exports-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48362\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Mart in Dubai set to boost \u2018global footprint\u2019 of exports &#8211; Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Pakistan Mart will be established in Dubai to boost the \u201cglobal footprint\u201d of exports, state media Radio Pakistan <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/radio.gov.pk\/06-08-2025\/pakistan-uae-to-establish-pakistan-mart-in-dubai\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates share close diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties. The UAE is one of Pakistan\u2019s largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1884644\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trading partners<\/a> in the Middle East and a major source of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1884404#:~:text=while%20the%20UAE%20recorded%20the%20highest%20growth%20at%2054pc%2C%20with%20inflows%20totalling%20%243.58bn.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">remittances<\/a>, with a large Pakistani expatriate population living and working there.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media about the project, Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan called it a \u201cgame changer for Pakistani trade boost\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He was quoted as saying, \u201cThe Pakistan Mart will facilitate Pakistani traders, enabling them to export their products to regions across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initiative is spearheaded by the National Logistics Corporation of Pakistan and the DP World company of UAE,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, trade with the UAE showed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1925706\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upward trend<\/a>. Pakistan\u2019s key export items to the UAE include rice, bovine meat, cotton garments, mangoes, and guavas.<\/p>\n<p>Exports increased 1.87 per cent to $2.121 billion in FY25 from $2.082bn last year. In FY24, exports to the UAE had surged 41.15pc, largely due to increased shipments to Dubai. Imports from the UAE rose 25.75pc to $7.958bn in FY25 from $6.328bn a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the country\u2019s trade deficit with the Middle East widened by 7.37pc to $13.974bn in FY25 from $13.014bn a year ago, primarily due to a sharp increase in petroleum imports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pakistan Mart will be established in Dubai to boost the \u201cglobal footprint\u201d of exports, state media Radio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,27029,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-48362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-pak-uae-ties","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}