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Trade between France and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, France exported $7.1 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $3 billion. France ran a surplus of $4.1 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a surplus of $4.4 billion in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was France’s 27th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and France was the United Arab Emirates’ 15th (2%).

Summary

France → United Arab Emirates
$7.1billion
United Arab Emirates → France
$3billion
France’s balance
$4.1billion

Balance

France’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

Trade between France and the United Arab Emirates grew 7.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 7.1
  • Imports 3
  • Balance +4.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.2 billion$88 million$1.1 billion
1996$1.1 billion$71 million$993 million
1997$1 billion$64 million$954 million
1998$1.2 billion$117 million$1.1 billion
1999$1.8 billion$82 million$1.7 billion
2000$2 billion$186 million$1.8 billion
2001$2.3 billion$378 million$1.9 billion
2002$2.2 billion$402 million$1.8 billion
2003$3.1 billion$447 million$2.7 billion
2004$3.1 billion$648 million$2.5 billion
2005$3 billion$928 million$2.1 billion
2006$4.3 billion$1.4 billion$2.9 billion
2007$4.8 billion$1.3 billion$3.4 billion
2008$4.6 billion$1.4 billion$3.2 billion
2009$4.8 billion$809 million$4 billion
2010$4.5 billion$972 million$3.5 billion
2011$5 billion$1.7 billion$3.3 billion
2012$5.4 billion$1.5 billion$3.9 billion
2013$4.8 billion$1.7 billion$3.1 billion
2014$4.7 billion$1.4 billion$3.3 billion
2015$4.8 billion$1.2 billion$3.6 billion
2016$4.5 billion$1.2 billion$3.3 billion
2017$6 billion$1.3 billion$4.6 billion
2018$5.9 billion$1.6 billion$4.3 billion
2019$6.1 billion$1.8 billion$4.4 billion
2020$4.7 billion$960 million$3.8 billion
2021$5.2 billion$1.8 billion$3.4 billion
2022$6.2 billion$2.7 billion$3.5 billion
2023$7.9 billion$2.7 billion$5.1 billion
2024$7.1 billion$3 billion$4.1 billion

What they sell each other

What France sells to the United Arab Emirates

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

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$727 million · 10.3%
    233 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Perfumes$475 million · 6.7%
    8 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Jewelry$473 million · 6.7%
    6 tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Airplanes and helicopters$386 million · 5.5%
    577 tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Bags, suitcases and cases$353 million · 5%
    535 tonnes
  6. Makeup and skin care$297 million · 4.2%
    7 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$267 million · 3.8%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Fragrance mixtures$251 million · 3.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Wine$200 million · 2.8%
    8 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Aircraft parts$198 million · 2.8%
    236 tonnes

What the United Arab Emirates sells to France

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

  1. Refined petroleum$2.5 billion · 83.7%
    3 million tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Crude petroleum$136 million · 4.5%
    213 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  3. Unwrought aluminum$92 million · 3.1%
    32 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  4. Aircraft parts$37 million · 1.2%
    119 tonnes
  5. Perfumes$18 million · 0.59%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Jewelry$11 million · 0.38%
    1 tonne · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  7. Glassware for table, kitchen and decor$11 million · 0.36%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Glass bottles and jars$11 million · 0.35%
    12 thousand tonnes
  9. Cameras and broadcast equipment$7 million · 0.24%
    13 tonnes
  10. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$6 million · 0.21%
    978 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Jebel Ali is 11,161 nautical miles (20,670 km) long: ≈ 26–33 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (11,161 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (6,239 nautical miles).

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$5.1 billion · 50.4%
  2. Air$5 billion · 49.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was France’s 27th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and France was the United Arab Emirates’ 15th (2%).

The United Arab Emirates in France’s trade
0.7%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among France’s partners
27th
France in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
1.6%
France’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
15th

Compare with

Other partners of France

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.