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About

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.

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.

Comparison: In 2023,  Pakistan ranked 89 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.55), and 66 in total exports ($35.8B). That same year, United Arab Emirates ranked 54 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.15), and 21 in total exports ($357B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, 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 2018 to $3.7B in 2023.

In 2018, 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 2023 to $5.08B in 2018.

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

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

Latest Data

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

Pakistan Exports

United Arab Emirates Exports

Market Competitiveness

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

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

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

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

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

Comparative Advantage Pakistan - United Arab Emirates

Flow
Scale

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

During 2023, Pakistan had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Mineral Products ($2.58B), Textiles ($317M), and Vegetable Products ($232M).

During 2018, 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).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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

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

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