Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
354 279 37 129 3.1 31 388 84.5
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
18 14 23 12
Imports
22 16 21 12
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 319 278 225 741 2020 1.81
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 4 2
2019 0 2
2020 -18 -16 2020 1.27
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 3.6
Fuels and mining products: 57.5
Agricultural products: 7.1
Fuels and mining products: 23.9
Manufactures: 33.9
Other: 4.9
Manufactures: 64.6
Other: 4.4
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 6.2 Iraq: 3.5 European Union: 2.9
India: 3.8 Switzerland: 3.5 Other: 80.2
China: 16.4 India: 10.7 Japan: 5.1
European Union: 15.2 United States of America: 8 Other: 44.6
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2402 HS0402 HS0802 HS0202 HS1806
2019 . 4 284 731 553 463 435
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Milk and cream, concentrated Other nuts, fresh or dried Meat of bovine animals, frozen Chocolate and other cocoa food
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS0207 HS0402 HS1806 HS2402 HS0202
2019
Meat and edible offal of poultry Milk and cream, concentrated Chocolate and other cocoa food Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Meat of bovine animals, frozen
866 785 673 658 643
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS2402
HS0207
HS0402
HS0402
HS0802
HS1806
HS0202
HS2402
HS1806
HS0202
2%
4%
6%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 13 198 17 568
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 12 5
2018 84 -2
2019 8 0
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS2710 HS2711 HS8525 HS7108
2019
Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum gases Radio-telephony transmission tools Gold
127 284 60 756 24 763 20 574 19 113
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS7108 HS8525 HS7113 HS8703 HS2710
2019
Gold Radio-telephony transmission tools Articles and parts of jewellery Motor cars for transport of persons Petroleum oils, other than crude
32 134 22 202 14 869 13 909 12 430
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
378
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS2709
HS7108
HS2710
HS8525
HS2711
HS7113
HS8525
HS8703
HS7108
HS2710
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 376 117 231 523
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 11 7
2018 37 -3
2019 35 2
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United Arab Emirates TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports a Commercial services imports a
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
61 266 58 162 2020 1.25
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
26 22
-31 -33
na na
2020 1.27
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 27 Other commercial services: 32.8
Travel: 40.2 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 14.3 Other commercial services: 59.8
By main destination
Travel: 25.9 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport United Arab Emirates
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2014=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports a Imports a
2020 16 555 8 305
Exports By sea By air (2019) By other
Value
Share (%)
na 28 700 na
na 98.8 na
2010-2020 na na
Annual percentage change 2019 3 2
Imports By sea By air (2019) By other
2020 -43 -46
Value
Share (%)
na 15 112 na
na 99.1 na
Travel 300
United Arab Emirates
World
Value
Million US$ Exports a Imports a
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 24 615 15 085
2010-2020 na na
Annual percentage change 2019 80 85
2020 -36 -55
2020
Travel exports (Index 2014=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020) ICTs 35.1
39.4
Intellectual property
15.2
Value
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports a 20 095 Imports a 34 772 Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
na na
2020
Construction 10.3
Million US$
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
3 0
-8 -9
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
58
Non-residents
1 846
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
1 904
Residents
5 507
Non-residents
13 179
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
18 686
Residents
58
Non-residents
858
Total
916
a Break in series: 2014.
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