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

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates imported $2.1 billion of footwear (121 thousand tonnes), 1.4% of the world total. Its main sources were China (50%), Italy (16%) and France (8%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 17th-largest importer of footwear.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
121thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.4%
World rank
17th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1Tonnes: 95,589USD per tonne: $10,66749.6%Sea
Italy0.33Tonnes: 1,679USD per tonne: $196,40716%Air
France0.16Tonnes: 561USD per tonne: $287,7267.9%Air
Indonesia0.11Tonnes: 6,641USD per tonne: $16,7885.4%Sea
India0.09Tonnes: 2,167USD per tonne: $39,5454.2%Sea
Germany0.04Tonnes: 689USD per tonne: $63,4362.1%Air
Turkey0.03Tonnes: 1,883USD per tonne: $18,5541.7%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.02Tonnes: 480USD per tonne: $50,1361.2%Air
United States0.02Tonnes: 371USD per tonne: $44,7621.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 445USD per tonne: $50,0161.1%Air
Spain0.02Tonnes: 630USD per tonne: $35,1081.1%Air
Thailand0.02Tonnes: 2,393USD per tonne: $9,2401.1%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.02Tonnes: 358USD per tonne: $52,0350.92%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 383USD per tonne: $41,4040.77%Air
Cambodia0.02Tonnes: 890USD per tonne: $17,2220.74%Sea
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 67USD per tonne: $220,8560.72%Air
Kuwait0.01Tonnes: 479USD per tonne: $23,2260.54%Air
Saudi Arabia0.01Tonnes: 2,542USD per tonne: $3,9200.48%Land
Pakistan0.01Tonnes: 116USD per tonne: $70,8620.47%Air
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 599USD per tonne: $13,3510.39%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 1997

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

  • China 1
  • Italy 0.33
  • France 0.16
  • Indonesia 0.11
  • India 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.071
Italy0.070.33
France< 0.010.16
Indonesia0.010.11
India0.010.09

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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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