United Arab Emirates — Trade & Compliance
United Arab Emirates's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1India18.0%
- 2Japan11.9%
- 3China11.7%
- 4China, Hong Kong SAR6.4%
- 5Rep. of Korea5.8%
- 1China21.0%
- 2India12.0%
- 3USA7.2%
- 4Saudi Arabia6.1%
- 5China, Hong Kong SAR4.7%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils57.1%
- 2Pearls, precious stones & metals24.3%
- 3Aluminium2.8%
- 4Plastics2.4%
- 5Machinery & mechanical appliances1.3%
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals20.0%
- 2Electrical machinery15.1%
- 3Machinery & mechanical appliances12.0%
- 4Vehicles9.6%
- 5Mineral fuels & oils4.6%
- 1India+5.39pp
- 2China, Hong Kong SAR+3.94pp
- 3Switzerland+1.99pp
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals+10.42pp
- 2Mineral fuels & oils+6.74pp
- 3Copper+0.32pp
- 1Electrical machinery−4.51pp
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances−2.62pp
- 3Vehicles−2.58pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
Fiscal & Tariffs
Sanctions & restrictive measures
3 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 60 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA