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Supply chains and manufacturing: India and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 4.23 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 211 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 4.23 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 211 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

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

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

2019: 1.98Low 1.89 / High 4.232025: 4.23

20191.98
20201.89
20212.7
20222.96
20232.75
20243.27
20254.23

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.01Low 0.19 / High 1.32025: 0.21

20191.01
20200.71
20211.15
20221.3
20230.4
20240.19
20250.21

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothAn India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor memorandum was signed at the G20 in 2023 by the EU, India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US.

Constraints

  • BothSome proposals remain concepts, such as a 2018 idea for a rail tunnel of nearly 2,000 km linking the UAE and India's west coast.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–United Arab Emirates relations (revision of 24 September 2026)

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