RIYADH: Record exports helped push the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade up 10.1 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2026, reaching 2.94 trillion Emirati dirhams ($801.9 billion). Non-oil exports increased 21.6 percent to 706 billion dirhams, while imports climbed 11.5 percent to 1.66 trillion dirhams. Re-exports totaled 578 billion dirhams, according to the Emirates News Agency. Exports accounted for 24 percent of total non-oil trade, compared with 21.7 percent a year earlier. Monthly ex