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About

United Arab Emirates-Uganda Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $624M to Uganda. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Uganda were Broadcasting Equipment ($37.4M), Cars ($33M), and Ethylene Polymers ($19.5M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Uganda have increased at an annualized rate of 59.3%, from $60.7M in 2017 to $624M in 2022.

In 2022, United Arab Emirates did not export any services to Uganda.

Uganda-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Uganda exported $835M to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Uganda exported to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($1.19B), Raw Tobacco ($6.89M), and Fish Fillets ($5.07M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Uganda to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 345%,  from $479k in 2017 to $835M in 2022.

In 2022, Uganda did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

Comparison: In 2022,  United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B). That same year, Uganda ranked 105 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.85), and 135 in total exports ($3.99B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $624M to Uganda. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Uganda were Broadcasting Equipment ($37.4M), Cars ($33M), and Ethylene Polymers ($19.5M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Uganda have increased at an annualized rate of 59.3%, from $60.7M in 2017 to $624M in 2022.

In 2017, Uganda exported $835M to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Uganda to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($1.19B), Raw Tobacco ($6.89M), and Fish Fillets ($5.07M). During the last 22 years the exports of Uganda to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 345%, from $479k in 1995 to $835M in 2017.

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Uganda (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Uganda (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

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

United Arab Emirates Exports

Uganda Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B
Uganda
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$1.22B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Uganda included India ($51B), Japan ($40.9B), and China ($32.5B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Uganda than from United Arab Emirates.

Difference in imports from Uganda (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Uganda

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Uganda in the exports of Machines ($107M), Transportation ($64.3M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($41.3M).

During 2017, Uganda had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($1.19B), Vegetable Products ($8.45M), and Foodstuffs ($7.06M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Sort By
Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Uganda+$6.77MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Uganda United Arab Emirates+$4.64MCoffee

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

Product Space of United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Uganda (Flag) (2022)

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