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Who buys the United Arab Emirates’ steel? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates exported $1.6 billion of steel (2 million tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were Israel (34%), the United States (12%) and Canada (8%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 33rd-largest exporter of steel.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
2million tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
33rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Israel544Tonnes: 814,059USD per tonne: $66934.4%Sea
United States190Tonnes: 195,986USD per tonne: $96912%Sea
Canada132Tonnes: 174,016USD per tonne: $7608.4%Sea
Saudi Arabia104Tonnes: 101,633USD per tonne: $1,0286.6%Sea
Egypt67.2Tonnes: 53,437USD per tonne: $9294.3%Sea
Thailand65.1Tonnes: 127,281USD per tonne: $5124.1%Sea
Kuwait64.4Tonnes: 66,889USD per tonne: $9624.1%Sea
Pakistan35.6Tonnes: 25,924USD per tonne: $1,3752.3%Air
Morocco35Tonnes: 47,983USD per tonne: $7292.2%Sea
Qatar28.8Tonnes: 32,494USD per tonne: $8881.8%Sea
Maldives22.9Tonnes: 31,706USD per tonne: $7211.4%Sea
India22.7Tonnes: 25,093USD per tonne: $9061.4%Sea
Honduras16.4Tonnes: 28,115USD per tonne: $5831%Sea
Taiwan14.5Tonnes: 10,935USD per tonne: $1,3270.92%Sea
Italy13.5Tonnes: 19,991USD per tonne: $6760.85%Sea
Bahrain13Tonnes: 13,835USD per tonne: $9430.82%Sea
Sri Lanka12.2Tonnes: 18,829USD per tonne: $6470.77%Sea
Benin10.8Tonnes: 15,859USD per tonne: $6780.68%Sea
Poland10.5Tonnes: 11,100USD per tonne: $9490.67%Sea
Lithuania10.3Tonnes: 6,368USD per tonne: $1,6150.65%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Israel has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Israel 544
  • United States 190
  • Canada 132
  • Saudi Arabia 104
  • Egypt 67.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Israel0544
United States0.07190
Canada0132
Saudi Arabia9.9104
Egypt067.2

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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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