MoE registered 233 new trade agencies in 2007

Some 223 agencies had been entered into Ministry of Economy's commercial agency registry during 2007, bringing the total number of agencies registered with the Ministry to 4,465.

According to a statistical report released today by the Ministry, there are 1,451 registered agencies for engineering, electrical and mechanical equipment, as well as desalination and sanitary, followed by drugs, medicines and medical equipment (529), fire-fighting and safety equipment (397), vehicles, heavy equipment and maintenance tools (364).

Agencies dealing in British good topped the list with 824 agencies, while agencies for U.S. goods accounted for 628, followed by German goods (427), Italian (403), French (257), Japanese (193), Swiss (193), Dutch (144), Indian (119), Korean (94), Canadian (78), Chinese (77) and UAE (76).

The Ministry deleted 347 agencies during 2007 and renewed registration for 2893 agencies.(WAM)

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