Summary
- Taiwan → United Arab Emirates
- $1.6billion
- United Arab Emirates → Taiwan
- $4billion
- Taiwan’s balance
- -$2.4billion
Balance
Taiwan’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates grew 3.8-fold since 1997
USD billions (current). Taiwan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.6
- Imports 4
- Balance -2.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $920 million | $546 million | $374 million |
| 1998 | $785 million | $409 million | $376 million |
| 1999 | $710 million | $509 million | $201 million |
| 2000 | $795 million | $624 million | $172 million |
| 2001 | $755 million | $774 million | -$18 million |
| 2002 | $724 million | $599 million | $125 million |
| 2003 | $784 million | $925 million | -$141 million |
| 2004 | $1.1 billion | $1.3 billion | -$256 million |
| 2005 | $796 million | $1.8 billion | -$999 million |
| 2006 | $1.1 billion | $3.1 billion | -$2 billion |
| 2007 | $1.2 billion | $3.5 billion | -$2.3 billion |
| 2008 | $1.4 billion | $5 billion | -$3.6 billion |
| 2009 | $1 billion | $2.5 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2010 | $1.5 billion | $3.5 billion | -$2 billion |
| 2011 | $1.6 billion | $4.3 billion | -$2.7 billion |
| 2012 | $2.1 billion | $4.7 billion | -$2.6 billion |
| 2013 | $1.7 billion | $4.6 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2014 | $1.8 billion | $5.5 billion | -$3.7 billion |
| 2015 | $1.6 billion | $3.4 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2016 | $1.2 billion | $2.6 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2017 | $1.8 billion | $4 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 2018 | $1.8 billion | $4.6 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2019 | $1.7 billion | $4.7 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2020 | $1.4 billion | $2.9 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2021 | $1.8 billion | $5 billion | -$3.3 billion |
| 2022 | $2.1 billion | $6.8 billion | -$4.7 billion |
| 2023 | $2.1 billion | $3.6 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2024 | $1.6 billion | $4 billion | -$2.4 billion |
What they sell each other
What Taiwan 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 Taiwan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Kaohsiung and Jebel Ali is 5,182 nautical miles (9,596 km) long: ≈ 12–15.5 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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Taiwan’s 21st largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Taiwan was the United Arab Emirates’ 21st (0.9%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Taiwan’s trade
- 0.6%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Taiwan’s partners
- 21st
- Taiwan in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.9%
- Taiwan’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 21st
Compare with
Other partners of Taiwan
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.