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About

United Arab Emirates-Pakistan Trade: In 2023, United Arab Emirates exported $5.08B to Pakistan. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Pakistan were Refined Petroleum ($2.72B), Crude Petroleum ($1.17B), and Propylene Polymers ($219M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Pakistan have decreased at an annualized rate of 10.6%, from $8.9B in 2018 to $5.08B in 2023.

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

Pakistan-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2023, Pakistan exported $3.7B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Pakistan exported to United Arab Emirates were Refined Petroleum ($2.57B), Bovine Meat ($170M), and Rice ($96.1M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Pakistan to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 33.6%,  from $869M in 2018 to $3.7B in 2023.

In 2023, Pakistan 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, Pakistan ranked 89 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.55), and 66 in total exports ($35.8B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, United Arab Emirates exported $5.08B to Pakistan. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Pakistan were Refined Petroleum ($2.72B), Crude Petroleum ($1.17B), and Propylene Polymers ($219M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Pakistan have decreased at an annualized rate of 10.6%, from $8.9B in 2018 to $5.08B in 2023.

In 2018, Pakistan exported $3.7B to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Pakistan to United Arab Emirates were Refined Petroleum ($2.57B), Bovine Meat ($170M), and Rice ($96.1M). During the last 5 years the exports of Pakistan to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 33.6%, from $869M in 2023 to $3.7B in 2018.

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

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

Latest Data

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

United Arab Emirates Exports

Pakistan Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
China$40.2B
Pakistan
Top Destination
United States$5.18B

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Pakistan included India ($38.2B), Japan ($37.4B), and China ($40.2B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Pakistan than United Arab Emirates included Spain ($1.6B), Poland ($790M), and Denmark ($244M).

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

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Pakistan

Flow
Scale

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

During 2023, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Pakistan in the exports of Mineral Products ($3.9B), Metals ($336M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($330M).

During 2018, Pakistan had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Mineral Products ($2.58B), Textiles ($317M), and Vegetable Products ($232M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Pakistan+$125MPetroleum Gas
Top Product Potential Pakistan United Arab Emirates+$26.1MGold

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 Pakistan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Pakistan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Pakistan indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates.

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

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