Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: Australia and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 380 million of fertilisers to Australia.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 6.7 times, from USD 56.8 million in 2019 to USD 380 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 380 million of fertilisers, and Australia sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Australia's exports to United Arab Emirates: fertilisers

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

2019: 5.6Low 0.1 / High 14.62025: 0.2

20195.6
20200.4
20210.2
20220.3
20230.1
202414.6
20250.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from United Arab Emirates: fertilisers

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

2019: 51.2Low 51.2 / High 3802025: 380

201951.2
2020158
2021282.4
2022336.7
2023309.1
2024286.4
2025380

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026