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Where does the United Arab Emirates get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates imported $1.8 billion of electric cables (195 thousand tonnes), 1.1% of the world total. Its main sources were China (25%), Saudi Arabia (17%) and India (13%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 25th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
195thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.1%
World rank
25th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China442Tonnes: 62,475USD per tonne: $7,06924.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia304Tonnes: 53,991USD per tonne: $5,63617.1%Land
India228Tonnes: 17,258USD per tonne: $11,13412.8%Sea
Italy142Tonnes: 15,655USD per tonne: $9,0778%Sea
United States124Tonnes: 3,790USD per tonne: $30,1267%Sea
Japan123Tonnes: 15,873USD per tonne: $7,7476.9%Sea
Germany84.8Tonnes: 4,675USD per tonne: $18,1394.8%Sea
United Kingdom50.3Tonnes: 2,248USD per tonne: $22,3902.8%Sea
South Korea35.5Tonnes: 3,659USD per tonne: $9,7062%Sea
Netherlands re-exports35Tonnes: 1,734USD per tonne: $20,1782%Sea
Turkey27Tonnes: 3,271USD per tonne: $8,2681.5%Sea
France25.1Tonnes: 1,492USD per tonne: $16,8311.4%Sea
Egypt19.9Tonnes: 425USD per tonne: $10,8151.1%Sea
Spain15.8Tonnes: 1,791USD per tonne: $8,8490.89%Sea
Poland14.7Tonnes: 704USD per tonne: $20,8420.83%Sea
Taiwan14.1Tonnes: 1,918USD per tonne: $7,3770.8%Sea
Sweden13.9Tonnes: 415USD per tonne: $33,5990.79%Air
Norway8.8Tonnes: 841USD per tonne: $10,4150.49%Sea
Belgium re-exports7.1Tonnes: 477USD per tonne: $14,8510.4%Sea
Ireland6.7Tonnes: 446USD per tonne: $15,0070.38%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2021

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • China 442
  • Saudi Arabia 304
  • India 228
  • Italy 142
  • United States 124

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China4.1442
Saudi Arabia38304
India3.7228
Italy20.3142
United States4.7124

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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