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4/14/25, 5:18 PM Türkiye, UAE discuss opportunities to gear up bilateral trade to $40B - Türkiye Today

Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat (L) and UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi
sign a memorandum of understanding during the 2nd Joint Economic and Trade Commission Meeting
held in Abu Dhabi on April 7, 2025. (Photo via X/@ThaniAlZeyoudi)

Al Zeyoudi also expressed satisfaction with the meeting, noting that Türkiye is the
UAE’s fourth-largest non-oil trade partner. “In my meeting with Turkish Trade
Minister Omer Bolat at the Joint Economic and Trade Committee, we discussed
how we can open new avenues of collaboration in high-growth sectors,”
he wrote on X.

The UAE remains one of Türkiye’s top export destinations, with Turkish exports to
the Gulf country totaling $8.2 billion in 2024. Imports from the UAE amounted to
$7.3 billion, bringing the total trade volume to $15 billion—a decline from $20.1

billion in 2023, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).

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Bolat attends World Turkish Business Council in Abu Dhabi

In addition to his official meetings, Minister Bolat also participated in the World
Turkish Business Council meeting held in Abu Dhabi, where he met with Turkish

businesspeople operating in the UAE.

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