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Trade between Australia and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, Australia exported $3.6 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $1.4 billion. Australia ran a surplus of $2.2 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a surplus of $1.4 billion in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was Australia’s 19th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Australia was the United Arab Emirates’ 26th (0.8%).

Summary

Australia → United Arab Emirates
$3.6billion
United Arab Emirates → Australia
$1.4billion
Australia’s balance
$2.2billion

Balance

Australia’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

Trade between Australia and the United Arab Emirates grew 8.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Australia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 3.6
  • Imports 1.4
  • Balance +2.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$157 million$414 million-$258 million
1996$258 million$515 million-$256 million
1997$399 million$471 million-$72 million
1998$345 million$212 million$133 million
1999$293 million$185 million$108 million
2000$326 million$593 million-$267 million
2001$443 million$523 million-$80 million
2002$459 million$212 million$247 million
2003$497 million$673 million-$176 million
2004$547 million$734 million-$187 million
2005$1 billion$324 million$685 million
2006$891 million$982 million-$91 million
2007$3.5 billion$1.9 billion$1.7 billion
2008$4.7 billion$2 billion$2.7 billion
2009$1.2 billion$1.7 billion-$584 million
2010$1.1 billion$2.1 billion-$1.1 billion
2011$1.1 billion$4.3 billion-$3.1 billion
2012$2.3 billion$3.2 billion-$963 million
2013$2.6 billion$3.7 billion-$1 billion
2014$2.6 billion$2.6 billion$11 million
2015$2.4 billion$1.8 billion$570 million
2016$2.1 billion$1.5 billion$658 million
2017$2.5 billion$1.7 billion$811 million
2018$2.7 billion$2.4 billion$284 million
2019$3.4 billion$2 billion$1.4 billion
2020$1.8 billion$1.5 billion$260 million
2021$2.5 billion$1.1 billion$1.3 billion
2022$3.7 billion$1.4 billion$2.4 billion
2023$3.5 billion$1.1 billion$2.4 billion
2024$3.6 billion$1.4 billion$2.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Australia sells to the United Arab Emirates

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Aluminum oxide and hydroxide$1.1 billion · 29.6%
    2.3 million tonnes
  2. Rapeseed (canola)$328 million · 9.1%
    672 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  3. Crude petroleum$291 million · 8.1%
    578 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  4. Lamb and goat meat$220 million · 6.1%
    36 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  5. Gold$204 million · 5.7%
    3 tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  6. Auto parts$162 million · 4.5%
    11 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ sources
  7. Fresh beef$137 million · 3.8%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas)$93 million · 2.6%
    144 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  9. Wheat$86 million · 2.4%
    303 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  10. Computers$84 million · 2.3%
    290 tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ sources

What the United Arab Emirates sells to Australia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$353 million · 25.2%
    566 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Crude petroleum$315 million · 22.5%
    536 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers$286 million · 20.4%
    780 thousand tonnes
  4. Copper wire$65 million · 4.6%
    7 thousand tonnes
  5. Jewelry$42 million · 3%
    1 tonne · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  6. Tea$35 million · 2.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Gold$33 million · 2.3%
    the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  8. Welded steel pipes$21 million · 1.5%
    22 thousand tonnes
  9. Tufted carpets$20 million · 1.4%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Perfumes$14 million · 0.96%
    647 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sydney to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Sydney and Jebel Ali is 7,731 nautical miles (14,318 km) long: ≈ 18–23 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and Strait of Hormuz.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4.3 billion · 86.6%
  2. Air$671 million · 13.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was Australia’s 19th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Australia was the United Arab Emirates’ 26th (0.8%).

The United Arab Emirates in Australia’s trade
0.8%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Australia’s partners
19th
Australia in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
0.8%
Australia’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
26th

Compare with

Other partners of Australia

Other partners of the United Arab Emirates

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.