Economic Activities UAE Flashcards
Gross domestic product def:
Total monetary or market value of all finished goods and services produced within country’s borders in a specific time period.
Who has the largest economy in Arab world?
Saudi Arabic then uae
Who has the largest GDP per capita in Arab world?
Qatar then UAE
What is UAE rank worldwide for GDP per capita and economy?
19th and 22nd
Manufacturing: highest
Food
Coke and refined petroleum
Chemicals and chemical products
Basic metals
Fishing:
Boats
Fish
Manufacture boats
Repair boats
Fish tons caught?
76K tons
Most fish?
Sharjah and RAK
Least fish?
Abu Dhabi
Fisherman
Mostly expats
More in Sharjah and RAK
Boats:
More in Sharjah and RAK
Least boats:
Ajman and umm Al Quwain
Agriculture:
Dates, blueberries, wheat wtc
Most crops by:
Abu Dhabi in all types then RAK except in fruit, Sharjah
Least crops by:
Ajman
Which fruit most grown?
Dates 94%
Farms:
Camel milk
Chicken
Goat
Cow
Most commercial farms:
Abu Dhabi
Least commercial farms
Sharjah and Ajman
Livestock:
Mostly goats and sheep
Camel
Cattle
Most livestock in
Abu Dhabi
Least livestock:
Ajman
Nature reserve most:
Most in Abu Dhabi and most areas too
Nature reserve def:
An area of land or sea that is protected legally in order to keep it safe and protect ecology of place
Reexport value:
430K
68% from total non-oil exports
No nature reserve
Umm Al Quwain
Nationalities coming to hotels:
UAE
European
African
American
Asian
Tourism:
Hotels 1K of them
Rooms in hotels 170 K
Banks:
Local 22 - each emirate
Gulf bank 7 - Arab world countries
Foreign bank 31 - outside countries
UAE stock markets:
2 here - Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Everywhere else only one
Top 10 UAE Companies by market cap:
First Abu Dhabi bank
Emirates telecommunications group
DP world ltd
Emirates Islamic bank
Emirates NBD bank
Abu Dhabi commercial bank
Emaar properties
Dubai Islamic bank
Abu Dhabi national oil company for distribution
Emaar malls
Electricity and water
FEWA
DEWA
SEWA
Abu Dhabi
Desalination plants def
Change sea water into clean water by taking out salt
Top desalination plants:
Jebel Ali 326 million gallons per day
Taweelah 220 Abu Dhabi
Al layyah 212 Sharjah
Fujairah F2 126
Umm Al nar 114 Abu Dhabi
Water for DEWA FEWA SEWA and Abu Dhabi sources?
Abu Dhabi only seawater
Every other one uses mostly sea water and a little groundwater (5%)
Which department used the most for water and electricity?
Abu Dhabi most
Then DEWA
Least FEWA
New generator:
Dubai hassyan power plant
Renewable energy
Solar plant - Mohammed bin Rashid
Masdar
Nuclear energy
25% UAE electricity
Top 10 banks:
First Abu Dhabi
Emirates NBD
Abu Dhabi commercial
Dubai Islamic
Mashreq Abu Dhabi Islamic
HSBC
Commercial bank of Dubai
RAK
Sharjah Islamic
