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About

United Arab Emirates-Japan Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $40.9B to Japan. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Japan were Crude Petroleum ($32.9B), Refined Petroleum ($3.64B), and Petroleum Gas ($1.81B). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 16.7%, from $18.9B in 2017 to $40.9B in 2022.

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

Japan-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $7.77B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Japan exported to United Arab Emirates were Cars ($2.44B), Motor vehicles; parts and accessories (8701 to 8705) ($1.07B), and Delivery Trucks ($455M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to United Arab Emirates have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.28%,  from $8.72B in 2017 to $7.77B in 2022.

In 2022, Japan 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, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($728B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $40.9B to Japan. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Japan were Crude Petroleum ($32.9B), Refined Petroleum ($3.64B), and Petroleum Gas ($1.81B). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 16.7%, from $18.9B in 2017 to $40.9B in 2022.

In 2017, Japan exported $7.77B to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Japan to United Arab Emirates were Cars ($2.44B), Motor vehicles; parts and accessories (8701 to 8705) ($1.07B), and Delivery Trucks ($455M). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to United Arab Emirates have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.28%, from $8.72B in 2022 to $7.77B in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

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

United Arab Emirates Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Japan included India ($51B), Saudi Arabia ($27.8B), and Iraq ($21.2B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than United Arab Emirates included United States ($137B), China ($135B), and Chinese Taipei ($50.1B).

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

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Japan

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Mineral Products ($38.6B), Metals ($1.36B), and Transportation ($515M).

During 2017, Japan had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Transportation ($4.28B), Machines ($1.9B), and Metals ($604M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Japan+$1.41BPetroleum Gas
Top Product Potential Japan United Arab Emirates+$88.3MGold

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 Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates.

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

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