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About

United Arab Emirates-Zambia Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $761M to Zambia. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Zambia were Refined Petroleum ($294M), Sulphur ($68.1M), and Gold ($65.6M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Zambia have increased at an annualized rate of 8.08%, from $516M in 2017 to $761M in 2022.

In 2022, United Arab Emirates did not export any services to Zambia.

Zambia-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Zambia exported $1B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Zambia exported to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($900M), Refined Copper ($54.5M), and Precious Stones ($32M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Zambia to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 25.4%,  from $323M in 2017 to $1B in 2022.

In 2022, Zambia did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

Comparison: In 2022,  United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B). That same year, Zambia ranked 96 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.7), and 88 in total exports ($14.8B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $761M to Zambia. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Zambia were Refined Petroleum ($294M), Sulphur ($68.1M), and Gold ($65.6M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Zambia have increased at an annualized rate of 8.08%, from $516M in 2017 to $761M in 2022.

In 2017, Zambia exported $1B to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Zambia to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($900M), Refined Copper ($54.5M), and Precious Stones ($32M). During the last 5 years the exports of Zambia to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 25.4%, from $323M in 2022 to $1B in 2017.

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Zambia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Zambia (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Zambia (Flag)

United Arab Emirates Exports

Zambia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B
Zambia
Top Destination
Switzerland$4.5B

This map shows whether countries import more from United Arab Emirates or Zambia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from United Arab Emirates and Zambia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Zambia included India ($51B), Japan ($40.9B), and China ($32.5B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Zambia than United Arab Emirates included Pitcairn Islands ($1.49B), Democratic Republic of the Congo ($1.51B), and Equatorial Guinea ($635M).

Difference in imports from Zambia (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Zambia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United Arab Emirates and Zambia by product, considering products traded by both, United Arab Emirates and Zambia.

During 2022, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Zambia in the exports of Mineral Products ($374M), Chemical Products ($122M), and Precious Metals ($90.9M).

During 2017, Zambia had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($933M), Metals ($61.1M), and Foodstuffs ($3.55M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Zambia+$3.89MTelephones
Top Product Potential Zambia United Arab Emirates+$32.5MRefined Copper

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of United Arab Emirates and Zambia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Zambia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Zambia indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates.

Product Space of United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Zambia (Flag) (2022)

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