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Yusuf Bustnge:
Increased the total value of the capital, some ten thousand foreign company in Abu Dhabi to about 131.2 billion dirhams, the end of the year, 2008, according to statistics released by Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry recently, which indicated that Britain was at the top of the list in terms of the volume of investments.

The investments that companies belonging to the nationality of the top 15 investment in Abu Dhabi.

British companies and been on top of the list in terms of the value of capital for foreign companies investing in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, as the capital value of 164 British companies in the emirate about 63,762 billion dirhams, the dissolved Lebanese investments in second place with total capital amounting to 22,716 billion dirhams, distributed over 568 companies , according to statistics released by the Center for Information and Decision Support in the room.

The company invested 113 Omani capital of $ 20120 billion Dirhams, followed by Japanese investment and the number of its 34 companies, owned a total value of 10,2 billion dirhams.

The investments came in fifth place in Bahrain owned the value of 5574 billion distributed to 57 companies working in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The Department of Planning and Economy in Abu Dhabi expected to double the volume of foreign investment in the emirate in 2008 compared with the year, 2007, where the value of 17.8 billion dirhams, according to an earlier statement by the Abu Bakr Al-Amoudi Director of the Department of Statistics, which confirmed that there was a deliberate plan to stimulate foreign direct investment and attract quality to invest in the local market.

The vertical and time''according to the number of new licenses granted during the year 2008 for the projects, it is expected to double the volume of foreign investment in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, more than twice as compared with.''2007

Statistics show that working in Abu Dhabi, 24 South Korean company owned a total value of 2,5 billion dirhams, followed by the French investments in the value of 1870 billion distributed to 59 companies.

And resolved in Ikhctnstein in eighth place on the list of most nationalities owned Abu Dhabi investment in the value of 1,1 billion dirhams, distributed on the two companies.

Although the Pakistanis have the largest number of foreign companies registered in Abu Dhabi, a total of 3736 companies, but they are in terms of the volume of capital are in ninth place with a total value of around 600 million dirhams.

The number of American companies 129 companies with total capital value of approximately AED 556 million, followed by the number of companies at Egypt's 1271 total capital value of around 540 million dirhams.

The market in Abu Dhabi, 27 in the Swiss capital, the value amounting to AED 539 million, followed in terms of the amount of capital by Indian companies amounted to AED 456 million capital distributed over 3546 company owned by Indian nationals.

The 12 companies in Abu Dhabi Islands Alkayman owned about $ 400 million dirhams in the center of Panama in the 15 existing investments of AED 284 million distributed among 17 companies and capital.

According to a survey of foreign investment, which was conducted by the Ministry of Economy during the year, 2007 was the most economic sectors that have contributed to the investment of foreign financial intermediation, insurance, or 34,4% and construction sector (construction) increased by 29% and the wholesale and retail trade (domestic trade) increased by 14% , and the manufacturing sector by 10,1%.

The Swiss Institute of economic development of the UAE ranked first in the Arab world and the center 35 between the 122 countries in the order in 2008 to more integrated into the globalized economy.

The classification adopted by the Center for Economic Research of the Federal Technical Institute at the University of Zurich on the 24 standard economically and socially diverse spread of the degree of economic openness and the strength of attracting foreign direct investment and the degree of the flow of trade, financial and personnel efficiency and speed of delivery of professional business and financial transactions and the level of dissemination of data, statistics and access to quality services Internet and telephone, the number of foreigners in the country and the size of packages and mail exchanges with the outside and the volume of international trade of books

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