Summary
- Turkey → United Arab Emirates
- $8.2billion
- United Arab Emirates → Turkey
- $7.4billion
- Turkey’s balance
- $853million
Balance
Turkey’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates grew 67.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Turkey’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 8.2
- Imports 7.4
- Balance +0.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $189 million | $42 million | $147 million |
| 1996 | $209 million | $23 million | $186 million |
| 1997 | $263 million | $25 million | $238 million |
| 1998 | $239 million | $32 million | $207 million |
| 1999 | $391 million | $28 million | $363 million |
| 2000 | $284 million | $40 million | $244 million |
| 2001 | $360 million | $65 million | $295 million |
| 2002 | $457 million | $101 million | $356 million |
| 2003 | $703 million | $114 million | $589 million |
| 2004 | $1.1 billion | $183 million | $960 million |
| 2005 | $1.6 billion | $236 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2006 | $2 billion | $352 million | $1.6 billion |
| 2007 | $3 billion | $517 million | $2.5 billion |
| 2008 | $7.8 billion | $741 million | $7.1 billion |
| 2009 | $2.9 billion | $668 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2010 | $3.3 billion | $698 million | $2.6 billion |
| 2011 | $3.6 billion | $1.6 billion | $2 billion |
| 2012 | $9.3 billion | $4 billion | $5.3 billion |
| 2013 | $3.8 billion | $5.7 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2014 | $4.2 billion | $3.9 billion | $347 million |
| 2015 | $4.2 billion | $2.3 billion | $1.8 billion |
| 2016 | $5.4 billion | $4 billion | $1.4 billion |
| 2017 | $8.8 billion | $5.9 billion | $2.9 billion |
| 2018 | $3.5 billion | $4 billion | -$521 million |
| 2019 | $3.7 billion | $4.6 billion | -$939 million |
| 2020 | $3.1 billion | $5.9 billion | -$2.8 billion |
| 2021 | $8.6 billion | $2.6 billion | $6.1 billion |
| 2022 | $8.7 billion | $4.9 billion | $3.8 billion |
| 2023 | $15.4 billion | $13 billion | $2.3 billion |
| 2024 | $8.2 billion | $7.4 billion | $853 million |
What they sell each other
What Turkey 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 Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Istanbul and Jebel Ali is 12,100 nautical miles (22,409 km) long: ≈ 28–36 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Dardanelles, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (12,100 nautical miles); and 15% via the Dardanelles, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (3,803 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 Turkey’s 9th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Turkey was the United Arab Emirates’ 12th (3%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Turkey’s trade
- 2.7%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Turkey’s partners
- 9th
- Turkey in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 2.5%
- Turkey’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 12th
Compare with
Other partners of Turkey
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.