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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Minister's visit to Poland to boost trade

UAE Minister of Economy Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri will lead a high-level delegation on a four-day official visit to Poland on Sunday.

Al Mansouri underscored the visit as a step forward to furthering economic, trade and investment relations between the UAE and Poland.

The volume of trade between the two countries reached $642 million (Dh2,361 million) in 2008 and Polish investments in the UAE reached $80 million through 18 companies operating here.

The UAE is now Poland's leading trading partner in the Gulf.

The UAE's imports from Poland reached $617 million, he added.

He noted that the two countries signed a series of agreements covering double taxation in 1991 and civil aviation in 1994, among other areas.

Read more:http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/minister-s-visit-to-poland-to-boost-trade-1.572661