But it was Al Majid in 1996 who proposed to organize a separate exhibition of handmade carpets within the framework of the Dubai Trade Festival. Moreover, he insisted that the organizing committee of the “Carpet Oasis” in the person of Dubai Customs vigilantly monitor the quality of carpets, which almost cut off the opportunity to exhibit dealers of carpets of medium and low price category. The permanent project manager - Abdulrahman Isa (Abdulrahman Essa) - diplomatically settled the situation, and now visitors to the fair can find on it carpets from any natural handmade materials, various designs and various degrees of complexity and craftsmanship, and, accordingly, the widest price range.
Dubai would not be itself if it were not for striving to achieve advanced lines in every project. The ambitions of the organizers of the Dubai “Carpet Oases” go far beyond the tens of thousands of square meters of exposition at the AirportExpo exhibition center, which includes modern and antique carpets and parallel utensils and souvenirs from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Nepal, China and others countries of the East. Dubai Customs is trying to ensure that Dubai does not become a regional, but a global center for the sale of handmade carpets, such as New York, London, Hamburg, Zurich, Vienna and Geneva. It is customs exemptions - 5% of the import customs duty on carpets - that make Dubai a convenient re-export center for Persian silk carpets - the most capital-intensive products of this craft in the world.
There are no accurate statistics on the re-export of Persian rugs through Dubai. In a narrow circle, traders say that statistics are always contradictory. There was a time when the Iranian government levied a duty on the export of carpets. Then, the prices of carpets in the accompanying documents were revised by officials upward. The policy has changed. Iran began to sponsor exporters, reimbursing them for a portion of the costs in proportion to the cost of carpets sold abroad. Accordingly, large numbers in the accounts are now viewed from another belfry.
Anyone who has been to Dubai and seen hundreds of wooden coastal boats understands that for thrill-seekers there has always been and is an opportunity to try their luck to smuggle carpets, which is the favorite "sport" of sailors of many stripes and waters. Therefore, the East must be perceived as it is, and a curious tourist or a purposeful seeker of carpet rarities can find quite curious and affordable copies of carpets of all colors and designs on the stands of the Carpet Oasis.
In 2010, Carpet Oasis will open its doors for the fifteenth time. Let's say a secret that they are preparing to celebrate the anniversary with something unexpected and ambitious. But you have to wait until the end of January. It’s too early to announce the festival program. Negotiations are ongoing, and the last “Insha Alla” has not yet been said, than in the East, something grandiose begins, or something promising ends without reason. We will hang a caftan of patience on a hanger of expectation. It remains to wait a short time. Participants are gradually being identified. Like all fourteen recent years, a large exposition in the Carpet Oasis will be occupied by the Ganbarinia family from Shiraz (Iran). The contract has already been signed. Who will be the second is decided now. It is highly likely that companies from Turkey, the USA, Great Britain, Russia and, of course, all countries of the East will participate. Include in your plans a visit to the Carpet Oasis. Maybe this will turn your idea about the standards of beauty, and an item will appear in your house that will always remind you of a trip to the Emirates.
