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Supply chains and manufacturing: France and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 1.99 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 48.9 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew about 3.2 times, from USD 631 million in 2019 to USD 2.03 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 1.99 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 48.9 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

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

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

2019: 0.6Low 0.6 / High 1.992025: 1.99

20190.6
20200.72
20210.73
20220.83
20231.13
20241.47
20251.99

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from United Arab Emirates: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 35.4Low 27 / High 48.92025: 48.9

201935.4
202027
202128.9
202242.3
202329.7
202429.5
202548.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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