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Trade between Sweden and the United Arab Emirates

In 2024, Sweden exported $1.5 billion to the United Arab Emirates and imported $79 million. Sweden ran a surplus of $1.4 billion with the United Arab Emirates, compared with a surplus of $908 million in 2019. The United Arab Emirates was Sweden’s 33rd largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Sweden was the United Arab Emirates’ 45th (0.3%).

Summary

Sweden → United Arab Emirates
$1.5billion
United Arab Emirates → Sweden
$79million
Sweden’s balance
$1.4billion

Balance

Sweden’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates

Trade between Sweden and the United Arab Emirates grew 10.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.5
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$135 million$8 million$127 million
1996$177 million$9 million$168 million
1997$190 million$14 million$177 million
1998$296 million$13 million$283 million
1999$225 million$24 million$201 million
2000$227 million$13 million$214 million
2001$201 million$9 million$192 million
2002$284 million$12 million$272 million
2003$236 million$16 million$221 million
2004$354 million$21 million$334 million
2005$483 million$357 million$126 million
2006$557 million$34 million$524 million
2007$934 million$19 million$915 million
2008$1.2 billion$79 million$1.1 billion
2009$431 million$21 million$410 million
2010$496 million$42 million$455 million
2011$687 million$74 million$612 million
2012$1.1 billion$33 million$1.1 billion
2013$935 million$34 million$900 million
2014$1.1 billion$82 million$996 million
2015$940 million$42 million$898 million
2016$824 million$28 million$796 million
2017$908 million$56 million$852 million
2018$814 million$89 million$725 million
2019$983 million$74 million$908 million
2020$1.1 billion$47 million$1 billion
2021$1 billion$103 million$937 million
2022$1.1 billion$75 million$1.1 billion
2023$1.4 billion$119 million$1.3 billion
2024$1.5 billion$79 million$1.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Sweden sells to the United Arab Emirates

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

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$332 million · 22.7%
    26 tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ sources
  2. Transformers and power supplies$221 million · 15.1%
    6 thousand tonnes
  3. Iron ore$89 million · 6.1%
    586 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$58 million · 3.9%
    239 tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  5. Pulp and papermaking machinery$37 million · 2.5%
    759 tonnes
  6. Radar, GPS receivers and remote controls$36 million · 2.4%
    32 tonnes
  7. Tractors$34 million · 2.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  8. Cars$32 million · 2.2%
    1 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  9. Coated paper$27 million · 1.9%
    29 thousand tonnes
  10. Parts for broadcast equipment$23 million · 1.6%

What the United Arab Emirates sells to Sweden

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

  1. Refined petroleum$29 million · 36.4%
    33 thousand tonnes · the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  2. Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps$8 million · 10.6%
    550 tonnes
  3. Chemically modified fats and oils$6 million · 7.2%
    5 thousand tonnes
  4. Jewelry$4 million · 5.6%
    the United Arab Emirates’ destinations
  5. Parts for broadcast equipment$3 million · 3.2%
    21 tonnes
  6. Cameras and broadcast equipment$2 million · 3%
    28 tonnes
  7. Steel tanks over 300 liters$2 million · 2.8%
    198 tonnes
  8. Air conditioners$2 million · 2.1%
    97 tonnes
  9. Tea$1 million · 1.7%
    130 tonnes
  10. Cables and wire$1 million · 1.3%
    37 tonnes · Sweden’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Gothenburg to Jebel Ali.

The estimated sea route between Gothenburg and Jebel Ali is 11,824 nautical miles (21,898 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35 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 (11,824 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 (6,911 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$656 million · 42.5%
  2. Air$887 million · 57.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Arab Emirates was Sweden’s 33rd largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Sweden was the United Arab Emirates’ 45th (0.3%).

The United Arab Emirates in Sweden’s trade
0.4%
The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Sweden’s partners
33rd
Sweden in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
0.3%
Sweden’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
45th

Compare with

Other partners of Sweden

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.