Shipped Where
Imported from United Arab Emirates, 2025
$7.7 billion
Share of all US imports
0.2%
Rank among sources
#44 of 218
Arrived by ship
69%

The United Arab Emirates is the 44th largest source of US imports: $7.7 billion in 2025.

That is 0.2% of everything the US imported. The top product line is aluminum, followed by crude oil, perfume and jewelry. Up from 62nd in 2015.

What the US buys from the United Arab Emirates

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Aluminum$1.5B · 19.5%
  2. 02Crude oil$725M · 9.4%
  3. 03Perfume$720M · 9.4%
  4. 04Jewelry$411M · 5.3%
  5. 05Gasoline & refined fuels$383M · 5.0%
  6. 06Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles not elsewhere specified$234M · 3.1%
  7. 07Steel structures$225M · 2.9%
  8. 08Switches, fuses and connectors$120M · 1.6%
All 23 products from the United Arab Emirates
  1. 09Articles of asphalt or of similar material$83.7M · 1.1%
  2. 10Industrial heating and cooling machinery$80.1M · 1.0%
  3. 11Computers and computer units$68.7M · 0.9%
  4. 12Paper and paperboard, uncoated, for writing, printing etc.$56.5M · 0.7%
  5. 13Filters and centrifuges$55.9M · 0.7%
  6. 14Valves and taps$45.7M · 0.6%
  7. 15Air pumps and compressors$45.2M · 0.6%
  8. 16Diamonds$44.7M · 0.6%
  9. 17Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons$41M · 0.5%
  10. 18Stoppers, caps and lids, capsules for bottles, threaded bungs$40.1M · 0.5%
  11. 19Car parts$40M · 0.5%
  12. 20Air conditioning machines$39.3M · 0.5%
  13. 21Aircraft parts$36.7M · 0.5%
  14. 22Electrical ignition or starting equipment used for spark-ignition$35M · 0.5%
  15. 23Angles, shapes and sections of iron or nonalloy steel$30.1M · 0.4%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from the United Arab Emirates by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from the United Arab Emirates, 2025. Letters match the list.

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69% of goods from the United Arab Emirates arrived by ship. Newark, NJ handled 15% on its own.

  1. ANewark, NJ $1.2B · 15.1%
  2. BHouston, TX $980M · 12.8%
  3. CJFK Airport, NY $863M · 11.2%
  4. DNew Orleans, LA $853M · 11.1%
  5. ERichmond, CA $610M · 7.9%
  6. FSavannah, GA $521M · 6.8%

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