Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: New Zealand and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 121 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 4.1 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 105 percent, from USD 60.9 million in 2019 to USD 125 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, New Zealand sold USD 121 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 4.1 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

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

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

2019: 59.1Low 59.1 / High 120.62025: 120.6

201959.1
202061.6
202177.6
202270.4
2023101.5
2024112.8
2025120.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026