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Trade between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, Indonesia exported $3.1 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $2 billion. Indonesia ran a surplus of $1.1 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a deficit of $240 million in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was Indonesia’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Indonesia was the United Arab Emirates’ 25th (0.8%).

Summary

Indonesia → United Arab Emirates
$3.1billion
United Arab Emirates → Indonesia
$2billion
Indonesia’s balance
$1.1billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

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

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

  • Exports 3.1
  • Imports 2
  • Balance +1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$519 million$56 million$463 million
1996$601 million$40 million$561 million
1997$524 million$102 million$423 million
1998$427 million$39 million$388 million
1999$619 million$93 million$526 million
2000$748 million$194 million$554 million
2001$757 million$174 million$583 million
2002$719 million$115 million$604 million
2003$759 million$113 million$646 million
2004$745 million$340 million$404 million
2005$934 million$395 million$540 million
2006$1.1 billion$345 million$723 million
2007$1.7 billion$197 million$1.5 billion
2008$2 billion$637 million$1.3 billion
2009$1.3 billion$287 million$979 million
2010$1.5 billion$487 million$988 million
2011$1.7 billion$797 million$937 million
2012$2 billion$1.8 billion$282 million
2013$1.7 billion$1.8 billion-$175 million
2014$2 billion$1.8 billion$263 million
2015$1.8 billion$1.4 billion$380 million
2016$1.3 billion$1.4 billion-$47 million
2017$1.8 billion$2.1 billion-$299 million
2018$1.9 billion$1.9 billion-$7 million
2019$2 billion$2.2 billion-$240 million
2020$1.6 billion$1.7 billion-$184 million
2021$2.5 billion$2.2 billion$258 million
2022$3.2 billion$2.9 billion$343 million
2023$3.7 billion$2.5 billion$1.3 billion
2024$3.1 billion$2 billion$1.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to the United Arab Emirates

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

  1. Jewelry$663 million · 21.6%
    13 tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. Palm oil$365 million · 11.9%
    404 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  3. Cars$333 million · 10.9%
    29 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  4. Synthetic filament fabric$118 million · 3.9%
    13 thousand tonnes
  5. Aluminum oxide and hydroxide$106 million · 3.5%
    212 thousand tonnes
  6. Writing and printing paper$101 million · 3.3%
    149 thousand tonnes
  7. Cameras and broadcast equipment$83 million · 2.7%
    567 tonnes
  8. Seamless steel pipes$81 million · 2.7%
    29 thousand tonnes
  9. Monitors and projectors$79 million · 2.6%
    4 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  10. Textile footwear$54 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes

What the United Arab Emirates sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Refined petroleum$691 million · 34.7%
    965 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$385 million · 19.4%
    640 thousand tonnes
  3. Gold$168 million · 8.5%
    2 tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  4. Unwrought aluminum$128 million · 6.4%
    49 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  5. Sulfur$113 million · 5.7%
    900 thousand tonnes
  6. Crude petroleum$74 million · 3.7%
    122 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  7. Polyethylene$52 million · 2.6%
    48 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  8. Polypropylene$35 million · 1.7%
    34 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  9. Petroleum coke and bitumen$31 million · 1.6%
    77 thousand tonnes
  10. Other electrical devices$23 million · 1.2%
    6 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Jebel Ali is 3,977 nautical miles (7,365 km) long: ≈ 9–12 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: 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 billion · 79%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 21%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was Indonesia’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Indonesia was the United Arab Emirates’ 25th (0.8%).

The United Arab Emirates in Indonesia’s trade
1%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Indonesia’s partners
17th
Indonesia in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
0.8%
Indonesia’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
25th

Compare with

Other partners of Indonesia

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.