Bank of Baorda the largest Indian lender in the United Arab Emirates UAE said it had an exposure of Rs 5000 crore in Dubai "We have only a 7-8 per cent of our total loan-book in the entire Gulf region which amounts to Rs 10000-crore For instance Bank of India and Bank of Baroda have had a strong stock market tradition which has flourished well into their public sector days There is a real possibility that such strengths will be dissipated after merger with .

DBS' Dubai loans exceed most foreign banks' UAE loans It looks like Singapore's DBS Bank has a greater loan exposure to Dubai than the majority of foreign banks in the United Arab Emirates DBS says its total exposure to Dubai is about 18 DBS said its "exposure to the entire Middle East region accounts for around 2 per cent of its balance sheet" HSBC's estimated 18 per cent exposure to the United Arab Emirates was enough to send its shares plunging last week .

The lender's total UAE exposure stands at around 100 billion rupees out of a total loan book size of 15 trillion rupees Chairman MD Mallya said over the telephone At 1202 pm shares in the bank was down 544 percent at 517 rupees .

The UAE was the second-biggest export destination for India during the nine months through December 2008 accounting for $146 billion or 1115% of India's total - a share that has been rising and closing in on the United States State -run Bank of Baroda has exposure of 7-8% of its loan book in the United Arab Emirates Bank of Baroda said the ets are good performing ets Another data to watch out is Purchasing Managers' Index PMI for the month of November .

The UAE was the second-biggest export destination for India during the nine months through December 2008 accounting for $146 billion or 1115% of India's total - a share that has been rising and closing in on the United States But Trade Minister Anand material exposure While Indian banks are heavily focused on the domestic market they are active in handling remittances from overseas workers State-run Bank of Baroda has exposure of 7-8% of its loan book in the .