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

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates imported $1.8 billion of trucks (247 thousand tonnes), 1% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (31%), the United States (12%) and China (11%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 21st-largest importer of trucks.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
247thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1%
World rank
21st
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
Japan573Tonnes: 60,845USD per tonne: $9,41531.2%Sea
United States212Tonnes: 22,951USD per tonne: $9,22511.5%Sea
China207Tonnes: 38,937USD per tonne: $5,32311.3%Sea
Thailand130Tonnes: 15,684USD per tonne: $8,2957.1%Sea
Germany104Tonnes: 12,758USD per tonne: $8,1885.7%Sea
Kuwait81.1Tonnes: 9,526USD per tonne: $8,5154.4%Sea
South Africa71.7Tonnes: 6,406USD per tonne: $11,1993.9%Sea
India71.4Tonnes: 7,068USD per tonne: $10,1083.9%Sea
Bahrain50.8Tonnes: 4,126USD per tonne: $12,3172.8%Sea
Italy49Tonnes: 6,071USD per tonne: $8,0652.7%Sea
Saudi Arabia44.5Tonnes: 5,340USD per tonne: $8,3342.4%Land
Netherlands re-exports36.2Tonnes: 7,497USD per tonne: $4,8332%Sea
South Korea35.9Tonnes: 13,155USD per tonne: $2,7292%Sea
Indonesia30.2Tonnes: 17,179USD per tonne: $1,7551.6%Sea
France22.1Tonnes: 2,827USD per tonne: $7,8191.2%Sea
United Kingdom18.8Tonnes: 2,127USD per tonne: $8,8231%Sea
Lebanon15.8Tonnes: 1,477USD per tonne: $10,7090.86%Sea
Sweden15.5Tonnes: 1,397USD per tonne: $11,1110.85%Sea
Poland12Tonnes: 1,212USD per tonne: $9,9190.65%Sea
Mexico8.3Tonnes: 815USD per tonne: $10,1580.45%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Japan 573
  • United States 212
  • China 207
  • Thailand 130
  • Germany 104

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan113573
United States35212
China3.9207
Thailand0.02130
Germany31.1104

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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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