Summary
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
- Share of its imports
- 10.4%
- Value imported
- $4billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 27
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 8
- Dominated value
- $2.3billion
- Share of total imports
- 6.1%
Trend
Trend in shares
The United Arab Emirates went from 0% to 10.4% of what Kuwait buys
Share (%)
- United Arab Emirates 10.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1996 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1997 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1998 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1999 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2000 | 201 | 3% | 12 |
| 2001 | 216 | 2.9% | 12 |
| 2002 | 241 | 2.7% | 12 |
| 2003 | 304 | 2.8% | 12 |
| 2004 | 433 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2005 | 904 | 6.5% | 5 |
| 2006 | 900 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2007 | 1,063 | 4.3% | 8 |
| 2008 | 1,161 | 4.1% | 8 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2010 | 1,011 | 3.9% | 9 |
| 2011 | 1,603 | 5.7% | 6 |
| 2012 | 4,243 | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2013 | 2,764 | 8.9% | 3 |
| 2014 | 3,020 | 8.8% | 3 |
| 2015 | 3,136 | 9.5% | 2 |
| 2016 | 2,837 | 8.8% | 3 |
| 2017 | 3,511 | 9.9% | 3 |
| 2018 | 3,589 | 9.8% | 2 |
| 2019 | 3,305 | 9.3% | 2 |
| 2020 | 2,732 | 9.2% | 2 |
| 2021 | 4,079 | 11.6% | 2 |
| 2022 | 4,870 | 13% | 2 |
| 2023 | 3,996 | 9.8% | 2 |
| 2024 | 3,966 | 10.4% | 2 |
Products where the United Arab Emirates sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewelry | United Arab Emirates | 63.9% | India · 11.4% | $804 million |
| Gold | United Arab Emirates | 69.7% | Switzerland · 29.5% | $743 million |
| Gravel and crushed stone | United Arab Emirates | 98%over 75% | India · 0.88% | $154 million |
| Prepared meat | United Arab Emirates | 59.8% | Saudi Arabia · 12.1% | $108 million |
| Refined petroleum | United Arab Emirates | 54.7% | Belgium · 7.5% | $98 million |
| Copper wire | United Arab Emirates | 74.9% | Russia · 17.5% | $58 million |
| Cast iron pipes | United Arab Emirates | 70.7% | China · 18.5% | $55 million |
| Tissue paper stock | United Arab Emirates | 90.2%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 6.6% | $55 million |
| Synthetic paints and varnishes | United Arab Emirates | 75.8%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 3.7% | $46 million |
| Tea | United Arab Emirates | 55.5% | Sri Lanka · 24.9% | $40 million |
| Limestone for lime and cement | United Arab Emirates | 98%over 75% | Oman · 1.3% | $23 million |
| Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) | United Arab Emirates | 60% | Turkey · 10.3% | $22 million |
| Putty and sealants | United Arab Emirates | 53.9% | Saudi Arabia · 8.6% | $21 million |
| Soups and broths | United Arab Emirates | 74.4% | Egypt · 6.8% | $17 million |
| Pesticides and herbicides | United Arab Emirates | 54.6% | United Kingdom · 5.9% | $14 million |
| Rubber and plastic additives | United Arab Emirates | 79.9%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 3.8% | $14 million |
| Silver | United Arab Emirates | 90.4%over 75% | Switzerland · 5.8% | $13 million |
| Coated narrow steel strip | United Arab Emirates | 81.7%over 75% | China · 14.2% | $8 million |
| Aluminum cans, drums and containers | United Arab Emirates | 73% | Saudi Arabia · 17.1% | $8 million |
| Polypropylene | United Arab Emirates | 55.7% | Saudi Arabia · 23.5% | $8 million |
| Hydrogenated fats and oils | United Arab Emirates | 62% | Malaysia · 10.6% | $5 million |
| Stone setts, curbs and flagstones | United Arab Emirates | 80.3%over 75% | Turkey · 5.9% | $4 million |
| Quaternary ammonium salts and lecithins | United Arab Emirates | 53.7% | India · 17.7% | $3 million |
| Glass cullet and scrap | United Arab Emirates | 68.3% | Pakistan · 17% | $2 million |
| Other zinc articles | United Arab Emirates | 58.4% | China · 20.2% | $1 million |
| Ferro-cerium, pyrophoric alloys and combustible articles | United Arab Emirates | 55.7% | Bahrain · 36.6% | $1 million |
| Gold and silverware | United Arab Emirates | 53.2% | Lebanon · 15.1% | $878 thousand |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- The United Arab Emirates sells 4.2% of what the world exports of jewelry; next come Italy (14.5%), France (10.9%) and India (10.9%). The rest of the world exported 140.2 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 10.6% of what the world exports of gold; next come Switzerland (19.2%), Hong Kong (6.4%) and Australia (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 666 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 6.8% of what the world exports of gravel and crushed stone; next come Norway (13.1%), China (10.2%) and Germany (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 22.1 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 1.3% of what the world exports of prepared meat; next come Thailand (14.7%), China (8.7%) and Germany (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 188.7 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 5.4% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 8,063.8 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 8.3% of what the world exports of copper wire; next come Germany (12.4%), Belgium (7.2%) and Spain (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 470.7 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 7.2% of what the world exports of cast iron pipes; next come China (30.8%), France (14.1%) and India (10.2%). The rest of the world exported 29.2 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 2.9% of what the world exports of tissue paper stock; next come Indonesia (14.5%), Turkey (11.3%) and China (9.9%). The rest of the world exported 97.3 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 0.99% of what the world exports of synthetic paints and varnishes; next come Germany (16%), United States (10.1%) and Japan (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 358.5 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
- The United Arab Emirates sells 3.2% of what the world exports of tea; next come Kenya (19.2%), Sri Lanka (18.1%) and China (17%). The rest of the world exported 179 times what Kuwait buys from the United Arab Emirates.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from the United Arab Emirates
Kuwait is the United Arab Emirates’ 15th-largest customer, with 1.3% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.