Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: Canada and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 43.7 million of pharmaceutical products to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 3.3 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 158 percent, from USD 18.2 million in 2019 to USD 47.1 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 43.7 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 3.3 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

Canada's exports to United Arab Emirates: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 18.2Low 18 / High 51.72025: 43.7

201918.2
202018
202126.3
202236.7
202333.7
202451.7
202543.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from United Arab Emirates: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 0Low 0 / High 7.92025: 3.3

20190
20200.1
20212.7
20222.9
20237.9
20242.7
20253.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026