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Trade between Japan and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, Japan exported $8.4 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $36.8 billion. Japan ran a deficit of $28.4 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a deficit of $14.6 billion in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was Japan’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Japan was the United Arab Emirates’ 3rd (7%).

Summary

Japan → United Arab Emirates
$8.4billion
United Arab Emirates → Japan
$36.8billion
Japan’s balance
-$28.4billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

Trade between Japan and the United Arab Emirates grew 3.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 8.4
  • Imports 36.8
  • Balance -28.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.1 billion$10.2 billion-$8.1 billion
1996$2.3 billion$11.5 billion-$9.3 billion
1997$2.5 billion$12.3 billion-$9.9 billion
1998$2.8 billion$8.3 billion-$5.5 billion
1999$2.5 billion$8.8 billion-$6.3 billion
2000$2.5 billion$14.8 billion-$12.4 billion
2001$2.5 billion$12.8 billion-$10.3 billion
2002$2.8 billion$11.6 billion-$8.7 billion
2003$3.5 billion$14.4 billion-$10.9 billion
2004$4.5 billion$18.3 billion-$13.8 billion
2005$4.9 billion$23.1 billion-$18.2 billion
2006$5.9 billion$31.6 billion-$25.7 billion
2007$8.3 billion$29.7 billion-$21.4 billion
2008$11.9 billion$48.3 billion-$36.5 billion
2009$6.3 billion$22.6 billion-$16.3 billion
2010$7.2 billion$29.3 billion-$22.1 billion
2011$7.2 billion$42.8 billion-$35.6 billion
2012$13.3 billion$44 billion-$30.8 billion
2013$9.9 billion$42.2 billion-$32.3 billion
2014$10.5 billion$41.6 billion-$31.2 billion
2015$10.4 billion$23.4 billion-$12.9 billion
2016$9.9 billion$17.5 billion-$7.6 billion
2017$13.3 billion$20.9 billion-$7.6 billion
2018$13.4 billion$27.6 billion-$14.2 billion
2019$12.2 billion$26.8 billion-$14.6 billion
2020$9.2 billion$16.9 billion-$7.7 billion
2021$10.9 billion$27.7 billion-$16.8 billion
2022$11.6 billion$46.2 billion-$34.7 billion
2023$14.5 billion$37.4 billion-$22.9 billion
2024$8.4 billion$36.8 billion-$28.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to the United Arab Emirates

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

  1. Cars$3.3 billion · 39.3%
    122 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Trucks$573 million · 6.8%
    61 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$460 million · 5.5%
    130 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  4. Bulldozers and excavators$329 million · 3.9%
    92 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  5. Hot-rolled flat steel$277 million · 3.3%
    487 thousand tonnes
  6. Spark-ignition engines$263 million · 3.1%
    129 thousand tonnes
  7. Buses$223 million · 2.7%
    16 thousand tonnes
  8. New tires$184 million · 2.2%
    42 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  9. Seamless steel pipes$179 million · 2.1%
    43 thousand tonnes
  10. Engine parts$125 million · 1.5%
    4 thousand tonnes

What the United Arab Emirates sells to Japan

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

  1. Crude petroleum$31.4 billion · 85.4%
    49.5 million tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$3.5 billion · 9.4%
    4.9 million tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  3. Unwrought aluminum$975 million · 2.7%
    379 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  4. Natural gas and LPG$624 million · 1.7%
    967 thousand tonnes
  5. Copper scrap$89 million · 0.24%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Polypropylene$65 million · 0.18%
    66 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  7. Slag and ash with metals$63 million · 0.17%
    913 tonnes
  8. 554 tonnes
  9. Polyethylene$11 million · 0.03%
    10 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  10. Nickel scrap$6 million · 0.02%
    541 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Jebel Ali is 6,506 nautical miles (12,049 km) long: ≈ 15–19.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and 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$42.8 billion · 94.7%
  2. Air$2.4 billion · 5.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was Japan’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Japan was the United Arab Emirates’ 3rd (7%).

The United Arab Emirates in Japan’s trade
3.1%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Japan’s partners
7th
Japan in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
7.3%
Japan’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
3rd

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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.