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Trade between Germany and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, Germany exported $10.3 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $1.9 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $8.4 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a surplus of $8.5 billion in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was Germany’s 39th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Germany was the United Arab Emirates’ 13th (2%).

Summary

Germany → United Arab Emirates
$10.3billion
United Arab Emirates → Germany
$1.9billion
Germany’s balance
$8.4billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

Trade between Germany and the United Arab Emirates grew 8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 10.3
  • Imports 1.9
  • Balance +8.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.4 billion$125 million$1.3 billion
1996$1.3 billion$117 million$1.2 billion
1997$1.6 billion$137 million$1.5 billion
1998$1.8 billion$176 million$1.7 billion
1999$1.7 billion$164 million$1.6 billion
2000$1.9 billion$131 million$1.7 billion
2001$2.4 billion$130 million$2.3 billion
2002$2.8 billion$145 million$2.6 billion
2003$3.3 billion$176 million$3.1 billion
2004$4.2 billion$333 million$3.8 billion
2005$4.9 billion$403 million$4.5 billion
2006$6.4 billion$515 million$5.9 billion
2007$7.5 billion$479 million$7.1 billion
2008$10.5 billion$740 million$9.8 billion
2009$8.3 billion$489 million$7.8 billion
2010$9.8 billion$553 million$9.2 billion
2011$10.2 billion$1.2 billion$9.1 billion
2012$12.1 billion$983 million$11.1 billion
2013$11.1 billion$1 billion$10.1 billion
2014$12.5 billion$1.1 billion$11.4 billion
2015$13.2 billion$987 million$12.2 billion
2016$13.6 billion$1 billion$12.5 billion
2017$11.9 billion$1.3 billion$10.6 billion
2018$10.5 billion$2.4 billion$8.1 billion
2019$10 billion$1.6 billion$8.5 billion
2020$8.4 billion$964 million$7.4 billion
2021$8.3 billion$1.2 billion$7.1 billion
2022$8.1 billion$2.5 billion$5.6 billion
2023$10.3 billion$6.1 billion$4.2 billion
2024$10.3 billion$1.9 billion$8.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to the United Arab Emirates

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

  1. Cars$1.7 billion · 16.8%
    45 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$346 million · 3.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$322 million · 3.1%
    499 tonnes
  4. Auto parts$245 million · 2.4%
    12 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Turbojets and gas turbines$176 million · 1.7%
    178 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Valves and taps$173 million · 1.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Large-diameter steel pipes$164 million · 1.6%
    14 thousand tonnes
  8. Control panels$163 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Centrifuges and filters$157 million · 1.5%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$152 million · 1.5%
    33 tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What the United Arab Emirates sells to Germany

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

  1. Crude petroleum$601 million · 31.5%
    987 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Unwrought aluminum$504 million · 26.4%
    179 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  3. Refined petroleum$234 million · 12.3%
    302 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  4. Aircraft parts$53 million · 2.8%
    295 tonnes
  5. Cables and wire$48 million · 2.5%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  6. Batteries$30 million · 1.6%
    10 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  7. Aluminum sheet$28 million · 1.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Steel structures$21 million · 1.1%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Aluminum scrap$20 million · 1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  10. Polyethylene$20 million · 1%
    17 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Jebel Ali is 11,654 nautical miles (21,583 km) long: ≈ 27–34.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (11,654 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (6,733 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$7.6 billion · 62.8%
  2. Air$4.5 billion · 37.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was Germany’s 39th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Germany was the United Arab Emirates’ 13th (2%).

The United Arab Emirates in Germany’s trade
0.4%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Germany’s partners
39th
Germany in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
2%
Germany’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
13th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

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.