Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: China and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 1.55 billion of agricultural and food products to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 532 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 173 percent, from USD 763 million in 2019 to USD 2.08 billion in 2025.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to United Arab Emirates: agricultural and food products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 0.55Low 0.5 / High 1.552025: 1.55

20190.55
20200.5
20210.61
20220.9
20231.02
20241.27
20251.55

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from United Arab Emirates: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 214.1Low 214.1 / High 641.82025: 531.7

2019214.1
2020474.2
2021641.8
2022505
2023539.5
2024533.9
2025531.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026