Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 108 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Kingdom and bought USD 4.31 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 4.31 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 108 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

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

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

2019: 136.5Low 55 / High 136.52025: 107.7

2019136.5
202055
202171.5
2022102.1
2023106.6
2024100.5
2025107.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 3.76Low 2.04 / High 4.312025: 4.31

20193.76
20202.24
20212.04
20223.1
20233.82
20243.98
20254.31

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026