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Trade between Italy and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, Italy exported $8.2 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $2.2 billion. Italy ran a surplus of $6.1 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a surplus of $5.1 billion in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was Italy’s 27th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Italy was the United Arab Emirates’ 14th (2%).

Summary

Italy → United Arab Emirates
$8.2billion
United Arab Emirates → Italy
$2.2billion
Italy’s balance
$6.1billion

Balance

Italy’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

Trade between Italy and the United Arab Emirates grew 6.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 8.2
  • Imports 2.2
  • Balance +6.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.6 billion$71 million$1.5 billion
1996$1.5 billion$56 million$1.5 billion
1997$1.4 billion$52 million$1.4 billion
1998$1.6 billion$110 million$1.5 billion
1999$1.6 billion$129 million$1.5 billion
2000$1.6 billion$156 million$1.4 billion
2001$1.7 billion$132 million$1.5 billion
2002$1.7 billion$110 million$1.6 billion
2003$2.1 billion$203 million$1.9 billion
2004$2.6 billion$311 million$2.3 billion
2005$3 billion$353 million$2.7 billion
2006$4.1 billion$327 million$3.8 billion
2007$5.4 billion$476 million$5 billion
2008$6.6 billion$735 million$5.9 billion
2009$5.2 billion$485 million$4.7 billion
2010$4.8 billion$593 million$4.2 billion
2011$6.5 billion$1.2 billion$5.3 billion
2012$7.3 billion$868 million$6.4 billion
2013$5.7 billion$1.8 billion$3.9 billion
2014$5.9 billion$880 million$5.1 billion
2015$6.3 billion$974 million$5.4 billion
2016$5.3 billion$1.2 billion$4.1 billion
2017$6.6 billion$1.3 billion$5.3 billion
2018$6.4 billion$1.4 billion$5 billion
2019$6.2 billion$1.1 billion$5.1 billion
2020$5.2 billion$5.2 billion-$4 million
2021$7.5 billion$2.6 billion$4.8 billion
2022$8 billion$2.7 billion$5.3 billion
2023$9.3 billion$2.4 billion$6.9 billion
2024$8.2 billion$2.2 billion$6.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Italy sells to the United Arab Emirates

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

  1. Jewelry$1.3 billion · 15.5%
    56 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  2. Bags, suitcases and cases$303 million · 3.7%
    542 tonnes
  3. Cars$219 million · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  4. Furniture$218 million · 2.7%
    28 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  5. Leather footwear$215 million · 2.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Valves and taps$212 million · 2.6%
    6 thousand tonnes
  7. Perfumes$202 million · 2.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  8. Cables and wire$142 million · 1.7%
    16 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  9. Liquid pumps$122 million · 1.5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Women's suits and dresses$109 million · 1.3%
    282 tonnes

What the United Arab Emirates sells to Italy

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

  1. Refined petroleum$764 million · 35.5%
    1 million tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Gold$637 million · 29.6%
    9 tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  3. Unwrought aluminum$298 million · 13.8%
    117 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  4. Crude petroleum$87 million · 4.1%
    135 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  5. Bags, suitcases and cases$21 million · 0.98%
    32 tonnes
  6. Leather footwear$21 million · 0.98%
    58 tonnes
  7. Transformers and power supplies$19 million · 0.9%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Precious metal scrap$19 million · 0.86%
    143 tonnes
  9. Women's suits and dresses$16 million · 0.77%
    25 tonnes
  10. Jewelry$15 million · 0.71%
    1 tonne · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Genoa to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Genoa and Jebel Ali is 11,139 nautical miles (20,630 km) long: ≈ 26–33 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 (11,139 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (4,508 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$5.4 billion · 51.8%
  2. Air$5 billion · 48.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was Italy’s 27th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Italy was the United Arab Emirates’ 14th (2%).

The United Arab Emirates in Italy’s trade
0.9%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Italy’s partners
27th
Italy in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
1.7%
Italy’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
14th

Compare with

Other partners of Italy

Other partners of the United Arab Emirates

Sources and methodology

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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.