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FOCUSFOCUS the opportunities for German companies to be technology suppliers UNITEd aRaB EmIRaTES The German exports to the UAE grew by 31 to reach 9 7 billion Euros in 2012 However the big increase was partly not the result of increasing shipments of Made in Germany products The deliveries from Germany of Made in Europe aircrafts Airbus doubled to 2 6 billion Euros Without the Airbus effect the increase of German exports would have been 15 only UaE GERmaN ExPoRTS oF maJoR commodITy GRoUPS 2006 To 2012 SITc 2 dIGITS IN mILLIoN EURoS SITC Description 2006 2008 2010 2012 Total 5 102 8 040 7 475 9 725 79 Other transport equipment 34 807 1 425 2 644 78 road vehicles 994 1 621 1 102 1 357 74 General industrial machinery 474 793 661 787 77 Electrical machinery 415 621 548 660 76 Telecommunications etc 542 297 370 476 71 power generating machinery 162 226 298 353 75 Office machines etc 360 254 290 309 87 professional scientific and controlling instruments 120 159 186 306 72 Machinery specialized for particular industries 307 475 254 260 89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 123 185 190 234 Source Eurostat In 2012 German machinery and vehicles were sold for 7 0 billion Euros in the UAE followed by chemical products 0 8 billion Euros of which 0 2 billion Euros were medicinal products Another important product group was professional scientific and controlling instruments 0 3 billion Euros where the German quality image plays a particularly important role SaUdI aRaBIa German exports to Saudi Arabia expanded by 20 to 8 2 billion Euros in 2012 In regional comparison machinery and vehicles had a relatively small share 55 or 4 5 billion Euros in Saudi Arabia the year before it was 52 The German exports growth were mainly caused by 44 higher vehicle sales which reached 1 4 billion Euros as well as a doubling of exports of aircraft worth 0 4 billion Euros SaUdI aRaBIa GERmaN ExPoRTS oF maJoR commodITy GRoUPS 2006 To 2012 SITc 2 dIGITS IN mILLIoN oF EURoS SITC Description 2006 2008 2010 2012 Total 4 349 5 163 5 789 8 183 78 road vehicles 711 976 856 1 401 74 General industrial machinery 571 690 668 888 77 Electrical machinery 262 336 383 574 71 power Generating machinery 122 156 151 491 72 Machinery specialized for particular industries 390 378 407 489 12 Tobacco 27 144 155 398 87 professional scientific and controlling instruments 150 193 273 371 54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 180 214 278 364 68 non ferrous metals 123 126 212 245 70 Complete Industrial plant 69 67 86 228 Source Eurostat German shipments of chemical products grew by 15 in 2012 reaching 1 1 billion Euros forming a share of 14 of the total German exports to Saudi Arabia Medicinal and pharmaceutical products accounted for 0 4 billion Euros Metals and metal goods purchased from Germany were at 0 6 billion Euros 8 less than in 2011 In the future further decline will be witnessed due to significant investments in the local metal industry qaTaR The large number of major projects that are planned or under execution which are set to be completed by 2022 for the FIFA World Cup will drive up the imports strongly and it is most likely that Germany will benefit greatly from it German companies were able to increase their sales in Qatar by 14 to 1 1 billion Euros in 2012 but this figure is still below the 1 6 billion Euros which was reached in 2008 qaTaR GERmaN ExPoRTS oF maJoR commodITy GRoUPS 2006 To 2012 SITc 2 dIGITS IN mILLIoN EURoS SITC Description 2006 2008 2010 2012 Total 889 1 576 1 535 1 143 78 road vehicles 236 308 177 321 74 General industrial machinery 96 357 162 137 77 Electrical machinery 96 127 123 96 69 Manufactures of metals 38 45 41 59 79 Other transport equipment 4 170 623 57 59 Chemical materials and products 13 15 31 49 72 Machinery specialized for particular industries 69 115 46 40 87 professional scientific and controlling instruments 16 24 38 39 81 Sanitary plumbing heating and lighting fittings etc 15 14 12 28 82 Furniture and parts thereof 11 13 10 26 Source Eurostat The import of German road vehicles declined by 46 in 2009 to only 166 million Euros but has recovered in the meantime hitting a new record to reach 321 million Euros in 2012 The machinery imports SITC 71 to 74 from Germany continue to stay at a relatively low level The shipments shrank from 571 million Euros 2008 to 209 million 2011 and 214 million Euros were registered in 2012 Nevertheless a strong upswing is likely in the near future kUwaIT Until now the German exports to Kuwait could not reach the peak level of 2008 again although the exports of 2012 increased by 16 to 1 2 billion Euros Nearly a third of German deliveries are accounted for by road vehicles 381 million Euros kUwaIT GERmaN ExPoRTS oF maJoR commodITy GRoUPS 2006 To 2012 SITc 2 dIGITS IN mILLIoN EURoS The German machinery sales to Kuwait decreased to its lowest level since 2006 to 153 million Euros in 2012 This negative trend is mainly caused by a delayed implementation of the ambitious current five year development plan 2010 to 2014 because of the ongoing political stalemate between the government and the elected parliament omaN In 2012 the exports of German products to Oman have risen by 4 reaching 816 million Euros A strong increase was registered in the shipments of power generating equipment generators from 68 million 2011 to 122 million Euros 2012 This increase mainly reflects the positive development of the Siemens power plant business The German machinery exports excluding power generating machinery did not show any growth trend since 2009 MAJLIs ISSUE 11 9