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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

What United Arab Emirates Trades

In 2023, United Arab Emirates sold about $570B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $471B in return. Its biggest customer was Saudi Arabia ($29.5B, 5% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($77.4B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$570B
GOODS IMPORTED$471B
TOP PARTNERSaudi Arabia

Where United Arab Emirates sends its goods

United Arab Emirates’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Saudi Arabia5.2%$29.5B
2India4.4%$25.0B
3Iraq4.0%$22.7B
4Turkiye3.3%$18.7B
6United States2.4%$13.5B
7Switzerland1.9%$11.1B
8Oman1.9%$10.9B
9Kuwait1.7%$9.9B
10China1.6%$9.3B
11Qatar1.4%$7.9B
12Iran, Islamic Rep.1.0%$5.8B
13Bahrain0.8%$4.7B
14Egypt, Arab Rep.0.8%$4.5B
15Russian Federation0.8%$4.5B
16Pakistan0.7%$4.3B
17Belgium0.7%$3.9B
18Netherlands0.7%$3.8B
19Kazakhstan0.6%$3.7B
20Jordan0.6%$3.4B
21Singapore0.6%$3.3B
22United Kingdom0.5%$2.9B
23South Africa0.4%$2.4B
24Kenya0.4%$2.3B
25Japan0.4%$2.1B

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 49.6% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where United Arab Emirates buys its goods

United Arab Emirates’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China16.5%$77.4B
2India6.5%$30.4B
3United States5.7%$26.9B
4Turkiye3.8%$17.7B
5Japan3.2%$15.2B
6Germany2.4%$11.3B
7Switzerland2.4%$11.2B
8Viet Nam2.3%$11.1B
9Italy2.1%$10.1B
10Guinea1.9%$9.0B
11United Kingdom1.9%$8.8B
12France1.8%$8.6B
13Saudi Arabia1.7%$7.9B
14Russian Federation1.4%$6.4B
15Iraq1.2%$5.7B
16Thailand1.2%$5.5B
17South Africa1.1%$5.0B
18Mali1.0%$4.8B
19Korea, Rep.1.0%$4.6B
21Brazil0.8%$3.8B
22Indonesia0.8%$3.8B
23Pakistan0.8%$3.7B
24Belgium0.8%$3.6B
25Australia0.7%$3.4B

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 82.8% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.