Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: United Arab Emirates and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 2.8 million of pharmaceutical products to United States and bought USD 649 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew about 3.5 times, from USD 189 million in 2019 to USD 652 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 649 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 2.8 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 States's imports from United Arab Emirates: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 0.2Low 0.2 / High 10.72025: 2.8

20190.2
202010.7
20212
20223.5
20232.8
20242.4
20252.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

United States's exports to United Arab Emirates: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 188.7Low 188.7 / High 825.72025: 649.1

2019188.7
2020219.8
2021341.2
2022344
2023427.4
2024825.7
2025649.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026