Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Canada and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 580 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 132 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 109 percent, from USD 340 million in 2019 to USD 712 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 580 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 132 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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 288.5Low 272.1 / High 580.22025: 580.2

2019288.5
2020272.1
2021334.7
2022361.2
2023518.6
2024517.7
2025580.2

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 51.9Low 25.1 / High 258.22025: 132.2

201951.9
202025.1
2021157.3
2022203.2
2023258.2
2024174.7
2025132.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026