Summary
- Israel → United Arab Emirates
- $500million
- United Arab Emirates → Israel
- $2.8billion
- Israel’s balance
- -$2.3billion
Balance
Israel’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Israel and the United Arab Emirates grew 8,171-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Israel’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.5
- Imports 2.8
- Balance -2.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $308 thousand | $90 thousand | $218 thousand |
| 1996 | $328 thousand | $145 thousand | $183 thousand |
| 1997 | $313 thousand | $69 thousand | $244 thousand |
| 1998 | $1 million | $37 thousand | $1 million |
| 1999 | $737 thousand | $0 | $737 thousand |
| 2000 | $840 thousand | $0 | $840 thousand |
| 2001 | $546 thousand | $0 | $546 thousand |
| 2002 | $454 thousand | $13 thousand | $441 thousand |
| 2003 | $855 thousand | $0 | $855 thousand |
| 2004 | $2 million | $26 thousand | $2 million |
| 2005 | $3 million | $482 thousand | $3 million |
| 2006 | $30 million | $2 million | $28 million |
| 2007 | $42 million | $2 million | $40 million |
| 2008 | $38 million | $53 million | -$15 million |
| 2009 | $20 million | $4 million | $16 million |
| 2010 | $11 million | $876 thousand | $11 million |
| 2011 | $29 million | $3 million | $26 million |
| 2012 | $19 million | $19 million | -$201 thousand |
| 2013 | $21 million | $16 million | $5 million |
| 2014 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2015 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2016 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2017 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2018 | $64 thousand | $0 | $64 thousand |
| 2019 | $228 thousand | $0 | $228 thousand |
| 2020 | $45 million | $119 million | -$74 million |
| 2021 | $297 million | $964 million | -$667 million |
| 2022 | $823 million | $2 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2023 | $653 million | $1 billion | -$366 million |
| 2024 | $500 million | $2.8 billion | -$2.3 billion |
What they sell each other
What Israel sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Israel
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Haifa and Jebel Ali is 12,339 nautical miles (22,852 km) long: ≈ 28.5–36.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (12,339 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (3,173 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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Israel’s 14th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Israel was the United Arab Emirates’ 30th (0.5%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Israel’s trade
- 2.1%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Israel’s partners
- 14th
- Israel in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.5%
- Israel’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 30th
Compare with
Other partners of Israel
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.