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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 27.4 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 80.2 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew about 4.0 times, from USD 6.93 billion in 2019 to USD 27.5 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 27.4 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 80.2 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

China's exports to United Arab Emirates: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 6.76Low 6.76 / High 27.382025: 27.38

20196.76
20207.79
202110.31
202214.51
202317.08
202422.57
202527.38

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 175.1Low 64.9 / High 536.12025: 80.2

2019175.1
2020247
2021536.1
2022236.1
2023159.3
202464.9
202580.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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