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Who buys the United Arab Emirates’ refined petroleum products? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates exported $46.2 billion of refined petroleum products (64.9 million tonnes), 5.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were South Korea (11%), Japan (7%) and Singapore (7%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$46.2billion
Tonnes
64.9million tonnes
Share of world total
5.4%
World rank
6th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
South Korea5Tonnes: 7,502,601USD per tonne: $66410.8%Sea
Japan3.5Tonnes: 4,941,454USD per tonne: $7017.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports3.3Tonnes: 6,021,070USD per tonne: $5507.2%Sea
China2.6Tonnes: 4,098,342USD per tonne: $6375.6%Sea
France2.5Tonnes: 3,026,232USD per tonne: $8285.4%Sea
South Africa2.4Tonnes: 3,568,763USD per tonne: $6625.1%Sea
Pakistan2.2Tonnes: 3,732,893USD per tonne: $5954.8%Sea
Kenya2.2Tonnes: 2,674,767USD per tonne: $8104.7%Sea
United Kingdom1.9Tonnes: 2,400,221USD per tonne: $8054.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia1.9Tonnes: 2,526,792USD per tonne: $7364%Sea
India1.3Tonnes: 2,123,259USD per tonne: $6202.9%Sea
Tanzania1.2Tonnes: 1,868,689USD per tonne: $6492.6%Sea
Uganda1Tonnes: 1,166,836USD per tonne: $8822.2%Sea
Nigeria0.99Tonnes: 490,016USD per tonne: $2,0302.2%Sea
Malaysia0.99Tonnes: 1,622,648USD per tonne: $6102.1%Sea
Thailand0.96Tonnes: 1,295,057USD per tonne: $7392.1%Sea
Taiwan0.85Tonnes: 1,757,388USD per tonne: $4851.8%Sea
Italy0.76Tonnes: 1,023,070USD per tonne: $7471.7%Sea
Mauritius0.71Tonnes: 1,084,841USD per tonne: $6521.5%Sea
Mauritania0.69Tonnes: 691,448USD per tonne: $1,0021.5%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

South Korea has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • South Korea 5
  • Japan 3.5
  • Singapore 3.3
  • China 2.6
  • France 2.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.125
Japan0.463.5
Singapore0.253.3
China< 0.012.6
France< 0.012.5

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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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