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About

United Arab Emirates-Japan Trade: In 2023, United Arab Emirates exported $37.4B to Japan. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Japan were Crude Petroleum ($31.8B), Refined Petroleum ($3.2B), and Raw Aluminium ($892M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 6.26%, from $27.6B in 2018 to $37.4B in 2023.

In 2023, United Arab Emirates did not export any services to Japan.

Japan-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2023, Japan exported $13.8B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Japan exported to United Arab Emirates were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 0.61%,  from $13.4B in 2018 to $13.8B in 2023.

In 2023, Japan did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

Comparison: In 2023,  United Arab Emirates ranked 54 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.15), and 21 in total exports ($357B). That same year, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($766B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2023, United Arab Emirates exported $37.4B to Japan. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Japan were Crude Petroleum ($31.8B), Refined Petroleum ($3.2B), and Raw Aluminium ($892M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 6.26%, from $27.6B in 2018 to $37.4B in 2023.

In 2018, Japan exported $13.8B to United Arab Emirates. There were not main exports from Japan to United Arab Emirates in 2018. During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 0.61%, from $13.4B in 2023 to $13.8B in 2018.

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Japan (Flag) (2023)

Exports from Japan (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Japan (Flag)

United Arab Emirates Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

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United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
China$40.2B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$143B

This map shows whether countries import more from United Arab Emirates or Japan. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from United Arab Emirates and Japan or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Japan included Iraq ($22.6B), India ($38.2B), and Oman ($10.1B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Japan than United Arab Emirates included United States ($143B), China ($138B), and South Korea ($42.7B).

Difference in imports from Japan (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Japan

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United Arab Emirates and Japan by product, considering products traded by both, United Arab Emirates and Japan.

During 2023, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Mineral Products ($35.8B), Metals ($1.02B), and Transportation ($246M).

During 2018, Japan had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Transportation ($8.35B), Machines ($3.33B), and Metals ($736M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Japan+$1.41BPetroleum Gas
Top Product Potential Japan United Arab Emirates+$88.3MGold

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of United Arab Emirates and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates.

Product Space of United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Japan (Flag) (2023)

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