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Pharma and health: South Africa and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 11.3 million of pharmaceutical products to United Arab Emirates.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 11.3 million of pharmaceutical products, and United Arab Emirates sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products is 76 percent below its 2024 peak of USD 48.6 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

South Africa's exports to United Arab Emirates: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 1.6Low 1.6 / High 48.52025: 11.3

20191.6
20203.3
20212.2
20224.4
20238.6
202448.5
202511.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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