Dh80.96 billion sent home by expats in the first half of 2019

ABU DHABI: Expat remittances from the UAE amounted to Dh80.96 billion ($22.04 billion) during the first half of 2019, according to figures released by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates.

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Dh33.046 billion of the total was transferred through money exchange companies, while the rest was transferred through banks operating in the country.

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India is the biggest receiver of expat earnings from the UAE, comprising a whopping 37.2 per cent of total remittances during Q2. 

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Indians are followed by Pakistani beneficiaries, comprising 10.5 per cent, then Filipinos, 7.2 per cent, in the third place, with Egyptians making up 6.3 per cent.

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Then come other expats; UK nationals: 3.8 per cent, Bangladeshis: 3.7 per cent, US nationals: 3.3 per cent, Jordanians: 2.6 per cent, the Swiss: 2.2 per cent and finally Chinese: 1.5 per cent.

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