Strategic Lens

Technology: United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 250 million of electrical and electronic equipment to United Kingdom and bought USD 1.40 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in electrical and electronic equipment grew 106 percent, from USD 801 million in 2019 to USD 1.65 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 1.40 billion of electrical and electronic equipment, against USD 250 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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 108.6Low 87.6 / High 250.32025: 250.3

2019108.6
202087.6
2021178.9
2022134.4
2023162.3
2024178.9
2025250.3

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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 0.69Low 0.57 / High 1.42025: 1.4

20190.69
20200.57
20210.71
20220.96
20231.03
20241.34
20251.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026