Dubai: Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), whose non-oil trade with Germany totalled more than $1.9 billion (Dh6.9 billion) last year, has evoked renewed interest among businesses in Germany seeking to leverage Dubai’s global connectivity and trade hub status to boost their exports and product offering.

A Jafza team comprising Tarek Bin Galaita, Vice-President of Sales and Abdul Aziz Reda, Assistant Manager Sales of the Europe region and Mania Merrikhi, Project Manager, Marketing addressed seminars in Frankfurt and Hamburg to highlight the advantage of using Jafza as a base of operations for the Middle East and North Africa, as well as a gateway to the world markets, on the sidelines of Automechanika Frankfurt.