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What the statistics do not reveal is how much is unofficially re-exported from the country. This is acknowledged by Dubai's customs department. "The re-export figures are indicative of markets rather than volumes, "a spokesman says. "If you add up the import figures and work out that 85 per cent of it is supposed to stay in the country then the UAE would be the best stocked warehouse in the world.
Do the UAE's statistics on trade show the volume of all its re-exports?
No. The UAE's statistics on trade doesn't show the volume of unofficial re-exports
