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About

Rwanda-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Rwanda exported $568M to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Rwanda exported to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($506M), Tin Ores ($23.7M), and Tungsten Ore ($17.6M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Rwanda to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 10.5%, from $345M in 2017 to $568M in 2022.

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

United Arab Emirates-Rwanda Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $416M to Rwanda. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Rwanda were Refined Petroleum ($272M), Computers ($19.3M), and Cars ($5.26M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Rwanda have increased at an annualized rate of 8.02%,  from $283M in 2017 to $416M in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  Rwanda ranked 89 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.53), and 147 in total exports ($1.77B). That same year, United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Rwanda exported $568M to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Rwanda to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($506M), Tin Ores ($23.7M), and Tungsten Ore ($17.6M). During the last 5 years the exports of Rwanda to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 10.5%, from $345M in 2017 to $568M in 2022.

In 2017, United Arab Emirates exported $416M to Rwanda. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Rwanda were Refined Petroleum ($272M), Computers ($19.3M), and Cars ($5.26M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Rwanda have increased at an annualized rate of 8.02%, from $283M in 2022 to $416M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

Rwanda Exports

United Arab Emirates Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Rwanda
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$568M
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Rwanda than United Arab Emirates included North Korea ($436k).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Rwanda - United Arab Emirates

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Rwanda had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($506M), Mineral Products ($43.9M), and Vegetable Products ($8.08M).

During 2017, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Rwanda in the exports of Mineral Products ($276M), Machines ($47.8M), and Chemical Products ($14.1M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Rwanda United Arab Emirates+$1.16MTea
Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Rwanda+$2.89MTelephones

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 Rwanda and United Arab Emirates. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Rwanda 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 Rwanda.

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

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