Made-in-UAE gold jewellery production to double in 5 years

The UAE plans to double its Gold jewellery manufacturing capacity over the next five years, putting the country even higher on the global map in trading and manufacturing of precious metal jewellery, said Tawhid Abdullah, chairman of Dubai Jewellery Group.

“In the last 30 years, we have succeeded in putting Dubai and UAE trading on the front. But now, the focus is how to make the gold and jewellery business more successful by improving our local manufacturing, which has improved excellently, so it gives us more confidence in selling our products instead of those from other countries,” he said.

Selling UAE-made gold jewellery products will be in focus over the next three to five years, while maintaining the country as a top trading destination, Abdullah said.

“As a trader, we’re emphasising and growing made-in-UAE jewellery. Trading is not enough for us. We don’t want to be only traders, but also serious manufacturers. Our aim for the next year as an industry is to be a top-producing country for jewellery. We doubled our manufacturing capacity and production in 10 and will double what we are doing today in the next five years,” said Abdullah, who is also the CEO of Jawhara Jewellery.

“We are inviting manufacturers from neighbouring and other countries around the world to set up facilities here in Dubai and the UAE,” he added.