Dubai government issued more than 18,013 e-Trader licences since the inception of the programme in March 2017, the Business Registration and Licensing sector at the emirate’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) said on Monday.
The e-Trader licence scheme enables start-ups and freelancers in Dubai to do businesses online and across social networking accounts. One of the objectives is to thwart the sale of counterfeit goods on these platforms.
Of the total licences issued since 2017, 13,671 are professional and 4,342 commercial, DET said.
Last year, the number of e-Trader permits rose 6.3 per cent to 6,217, reflecting the growth of the e-commerce sector. In 2020 and 2019, the number of e-Trader licences issued by the Dubai government stood at 5,848 and 4,344, respectively.
“This reflects the continuous focus on promoting e-commerce and the competitiveness of Dubai’s economy … the commitment to realising the vision of the government to drive digital transformation and build awareness about the e-platforms that facilitate commercial activities,” the DET said.
The UAE's e-commerce market grew significantly after the coronavirus pandemic as more consumers turned to online channels for their shopping requirements.
It is forecast to grow 60 per cent to more than $8 billion by 2025 from 2021, according to a report by EZDubai, an e-commerce zone in Dubai South, and Euromonitor International.
Through the e-Trader licence, which is issued electronically, the DET aims to regulate and enhance the ease of doing business online, as well as connect customers with traders.
Some of the benefits for the e-Trader licence holders include Dubai Chamber membership for commercial activities, a customs client code that facilitates import and export through dubaitrade.ae, temporary employment services, participation in exhibitions, conferences and training workshop and special offers from banks such as Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Mashreq, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Emirates Islamic and Dubai Islamic Bank.
The e-Trader licence can be obtained within minutes by registering on invest.dubai.ae, the DET said.
The DET was formed after Dubai's departments of economy and tourism were merged last November to improve the emirate's competitiveness through measures to promote trade and attract more visitors.
Overall, Dubai issued 55,194 business licences in the first 10 months of 2021, 69 per cent more than in the same period a year earlier, reflecting the high-growth opportunities in various sectors and the growing confidence in the overall economy, the DET said in November.
Sheikh Zayed's poem
When it is unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art, the Standing Tall exhibition will appear as an interplay of poetry and art. The 100 scarves are 100 fragments surrounding five, figurative, female sculptures, and both sculptures and scarves are hand-embroidered by a group of refugee women artisans, who used the Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery art of tatreez. Fragments of Sheikh Zayed’s poem Your Love is Ruling My Heart, written in Arabic as a love poem to his nation, are embroidered onto both the sculptures and the scarves. Here is the English translation.
Your love is ruling over my heart
Your love is ruling over my heart, even a mountain can’t bear all of it
Woe for my heart of such a love, if it befell it and made it its home
You came on me like a gleaming sun, you are the cure for my soul of its sickness
Be lenient on me, oh tender one, and have mercy on who because of you is in ruins
You are like the Ajeed Al-reem [leader of the gazelle herd] for my country, the source of all of its knowledge
You waddle even when you stand still, with feet white like the blooming of the dates of the palm
Oh, who wishes to deprive me of sleep, the night has ended and I still have not seen you
You are the cure for my sickness and my support, you dried my throat up let me go and damp it
Help me, oh children of mine, for in his love my life will pass me by.
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- Level 2 features curated inspiration zones and solutions for bedrooms, living rooms and dining spaces. This is also where you’d go to customise your sofas and beds, and pick and choose from more than a dozen mattress options.
- Level 3 features The Home’s “man cave” set-up and a display of industrial and rustic furnishings. This level also has a mother’s room, a play area for children with staff to watch over the kids, furniture for nurseries and children’s rooms, and the store’s design studio.
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