AHK to hold its Yearly Ordinary General Assembly in Dubai

Dubai, November 15, 2015: The German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK) will hold its yearly Ordinary General Assembly on Wednesday, 18th November 2015 in Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai. This year’s event is of particular importance due to the election of new Board of Directors for the next two-year term. A significant number of attendees, including representatives of German and UAE institutions as well as company representatives are expected to participate.

The annual meeting of AHK will be the occasion for a review of the work of the joint council, whose main mandate is to support and promote the economic relations between German and the United Arab Emirates. 

The meeting will be chaired by H.E. Saeed Al Fahim, Chairman of AHK, and welcome addresses will be delivered by H.E. Dr Eckhard Lübkemeier, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UAE and H.E. Dr Peter Ramsauer, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy of the German Parliament and President of the Ghorfa - Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In his keynote speech H.E. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shihhi, Undersecretary UAE Ministry of Economy, will focus on the excellent status of the bilateral business relation between Germany and the UAE.

In 2014 German exports to the UAE experienced significant growth and totaled 11.4 billion Euros (16 billion USD) – with an increase of almost 15% compared to 2013 – which reconfirmed Germany as the UAE’s most important goods supplier within the EU and the fourth worldwide (after China, India and the USA). For Germany the UAE remain the main export market in the Arab World.

The German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK) is a semi-governmental organization and part of the German Chambers network, which operates 130 offices in 90 countries. Since its formal establishment as a bilateral chamber of commercein May 2009, AHK has grown to over 500 corporate members. In addition to its role as the official representation of the German Industry & Commerce on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, AHK also provides German and Emirati companies with business intelligence and consulting services for the market entry and, as a membership organization, offers an effective information and networking platform to support bilateral business relations.