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About

United Arab Emirates-Benin Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $346M to Benin. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Benin were Refined Petroleum ($104M), Cars ($85.7M), and Rice ($15.3M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Benin have increased at an annualized rate of 22.5%, from $125M in 2017 to $346M in 2022.

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

Benin-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Benin exported $382M to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Benin exported to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($376M), Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews ($2.41M), and Refined Petroleum ($1.37M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Benin to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 2.14%,  from $225M in 2017 to $382M in 2022.

In 2022, Benin 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, Benin ranked 86 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 149 in total exports ($1.67B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $346M to Benin. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Benin were Refined Petroleum ($104M), Cars ($85.7M), and Rice ($15.3M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Benin have increased at an annualized rate of 22.5%, from $125M in 2017 to $346M in 2022.

In 2017, Benin exported $382M to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Benin to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($376M), Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews ($2.41M), and Refined Petroleum ($1.37M). During the last 5 years the exports of Benin to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 2.14%, from $225M in 2022 to $382M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

United Arab Emirates Exports

Benin Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B
Benin
Top Destination
India$448M

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Benin than United Arab Emirates included Norfolk Island ($40.1k).

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

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Benin

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Benin in the exports of Transportation ($113M), Mineral Products ($105M), and Metals ($41.6M).

During 2017, Benin had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($376M), Vegetable Products ($3.31M), and Mineral Products ($1.37M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Benin+$1.45MTelephones
Top Product Potential Benin United Arab Emirates+$1.13MCoconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews

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

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

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