Strategic Lens

Trade in goods: China and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 72.9 billion of goods to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 35.0 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in goods grew 121 percent, from USD 48.7 billion in 2019 to USD 107.9 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: goods

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

2019: 33.41Low 32.31 / High 72.92025: 72.9

201933.41
202032.31
202143.08
202253.86
202355.68
202465.59
202572.9

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: goods

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

2019: 15.34Low 15.34 / High 45.412025: 34.97

201915.34
202017.05
202128.57
202245.41
202339.31
202436.28
202534.97

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026