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Supply chains and manufacturing: United Arab Emirates and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 632 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United States and bought USD 9.24 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 87 percent, from USD 5.29 billion in 2019 to USD 9.87 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 9.24 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 632 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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 305.8Low 257.4 / High 632.12025: 632.1

2019305.8
2020257.4
2021531.8
2022561.8
2023495.3
2024604.8
2025632.1

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 4.98Low 4.39 / High 9.242025: 9.24

20194.98
20204.39
20215.07
20226.62
20238.37
20249.2
20259.24

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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