Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: India and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 27.1 million of critical minerals and metals to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 7.1 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals fell 76 percent, from USD 145 million in 2019 to USD 34.3 million 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

India's exports to United Arab Emirates: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 3.5Low 3 / High 27.12025: 27.1

20193.5
20203
20218.9
202221.4
202315.3
202414.6
202527.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from United Arab Emirates: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 141.7Low 0.9 / High 2172025: 7.1

2019141.7
2020177.2
2021217
2022208.7
20231.2
20240.9
20257.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026