Strategic Lens

Defence and arms: United Arab Emirates and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United States sold USD 1.00 billion of arms and ammunition to United Arab Emirates.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 1.00 billion of arms and ammunition, and United Arab Emirates sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition has swung between USD 229 million and USD 1.00 billion since 2019.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

United States's exports to United Arab Emirates: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 0.91Low 0.23 / High 12025: 1

20190.91
20200.44
20210.39
20220.23
20230.34
20240.52
20251

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026