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About

United States-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, United States exported $18.7B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that United States exported to United Arab Emirates were Cars ($2.9B), Gas Turbines ($1.86B), and Broadcasting Equipment ($1.84B). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to United Arab Emirates have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.9%, from $19.5B in 2017 to $18.7B in 2022.

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

United Arab Emirates-United States Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $7.38B to United States. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to United States were Raw Aluminium ($1.81B), Refined Petroleum ($1.26B), and Crude Petroleum ($424M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 4.59%,  from $4.93B in 2017 to $7.38B in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T). That same year, United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B).

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as Diageo Beverages (595), Pernod Ricard (460), and Pirelli Tires (355) were at the forefront of exporting goods from United Arab Emirates to the United States. Conversely, Pirelli Tyre S.p.a., Milan, Swiss B (354), Diageo Great Britain Ltd (262), and Diageo Ireland (239) were notable for importing products to United Arab Emirates from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United States exported $18.7B to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from United States to United Arab Emirates were Cars ($2.9B), Gas Turbines ($1.86B), and Broadcasting Equipment ($1.84B). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to United Arab Emirates have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.9%, from $19.5B in 2017 to $18.7B in 2022.

In 2017, United Arab Emirates exported $7.38B to United States. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to United States were Raw Aluminium ($1.81B), Refined Petroleum ($1.26B), and Crude Petroleum ($424M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 4.59%, from $4.93B in 2022 to $7.38B in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than United Arab Emirates included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than United States included Iraq ($21.2B), Saudi Arabia ($27.8B), and Oman ($10.9B).

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

Comparative Advantage United States - United Arab Emirates

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Machines ($7.5B), Transportation ($4.09B), and Chemical Products ($1.54B).

During 2017, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Metals ($2.87B), Mineral Products ($1.8B), and Machines ($788M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United States United Arab Emirates+$243MGold
Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates United States+$959MRefined Petroleum

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

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

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