Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Argentina and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 2.8 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 18.4 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew about 3.6 times, from USD 5.8 million in 2019 to USD 21.2 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 18.4 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 2.8 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Argentina's imports from United Arab Emirates: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Argentina

2019: 4Low 2.2 / High 18.42025: 18.4

20194
20203.4
20212.2
20224.2
202315.1
202413.1
202518.4

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026