DAFZA experienced an excellent increase of 23 per cent in the variety of Indian business operating within the Freezone throughout 2015. Official data expose that India came first in the list of DAFZA investors by country last year, accounting for 38 per cent of overall Asia Pacific financial investments. The financial investments of Indian business, 45 percent of which are international business, concentrate on the Electronics and Communications sector which ranked first at 25 per cent, the Computer, Internet and IT options sector came second at 14 percent followed by Jewelry, Watches and Precious Stones at 9 percent. Indian personnels consist of around 34 percent of DAZFA's overall labor force and of the regional, worldwide and multinational business working in the totally free zone.

DAFZA revealed that it will continue establishing investment incentives and using international finest practices, adopting the current ingenious technologies and providing incorporated infrastructure to draw in more Indian investments in line with its vigorous efforts to contribute to further boosting the strong economic, trade and financial investment ties between India and the UAE. DAFZA looks for to deliver an integrated profile of facilities to encourage the involvement of Indian companies in the UAE's continuous development and investment tasks which attracted Indian financial investments of AED 59 billion over the past year.

The Freezone has also reaffirmed its commitment to supplying the essential ways to activate the contribution of Indian financial investments in enthusiastic jobs within Dubai's primary economic sectors. This will drive nationwide financial development forward and strengthen the historical ties in between India and the UAE. DAFZA has actually blazed a trail in regards to opening brand-new channels of mutual cooperation with the Indian business community. In 2014, Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Government, Kerala State checked out DAFZA to talk about the possibility of developing a new free trade zone in the city of Kochi that would show the administrative, logistical and understanding quality of DAFZA as one of the most advanced free zones worldwide.

In 2015, efforts were focused on conducting a series of interesting workshops in the Indian city of Mumbai as part of the international promotional tours organized by DAFZA to bring in investors from major global economic markets. This year, DAFZA is seeking to expand these interactive activities to attain more positive outcomes, especially in regards to enhancing the channels of understanding transfer and exchange of experiences with entrepreneurs and financiers in India.

The favorable India-related results attained by DAFZA in 2015 validate the high self-confidence of the Indian investment community in the Freezone and its constant work to create an attractive financial investment environment based on the greatest standards of excellence, innovation and technological progress which support the goals of Indian companies looking for to take advantage of the most promising chances in Dubai and the Middle East.

It is worth discussing that there are a number of popular Indian business with an existence in DAFZA, consisting of Tata Group, Kalyan Jewellers, Himalaya, "HCL Infosystems Ltd., Tech Mahindra, and Wipro.