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The value of non-oil foreign trade in 2022 in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi amounted to 226.4 billion dirhams, a growth of 16% compared to 2021. The total non-oil exports amounted to 146 billion dirhams in 2022, a growth rate of 16% compared to 2021, while the value of exports amounted to 98.8 billion dirhams in 2021. 2022, with a growth rate of 25% compared to 2022, and the value of re-exports amounted to 47.2 billion dirhams in 2022, with a growth rate of 4% compared to 2021.
The value of non-oil imports amounted to 114.3 billion dirhams in 2022, a growth rate of 13%, and the trade balance came in favor of Abu Dhabi at a value of 31.7 billion dirhams in 2022, a growth rate of 4% compared to 2021.
Pearls, precious stones, precious metals and their manufactures topped the list of non-oil exports in 2022 with a value of 35.2 billion dirhams, followed by ordinary metals and their products with a value of 25.2 billion dirhams, rubber, plastics and their manufactures with a value of 16 billion dirhams, wood pulp, waste paper and paperboard with a value of 2.8 billion dirhams, and chemical industry products 4.2 billion dirhams. AED 4.7 billion for food and beverage products, AED 1.4 billion for live animals and their products, and AED 2.8 billion for recording, sound and image machines and equipment.
Transportation equipment topped the list of re-exports with a value of 11.7 billion dirhams, followed by recording and sound and image broadcasting machines with a value of 11.6 billion dirhams, chemical industry products with a value of 4.8 billion dirhams, plant products with a value of 2.9 billion dirhams, base metals and their articles worth 2.9 billion dirhams, and plastics, rubber and their articles with a value of 1.7 billion. 1.4 billion dirhams, pearls, precious stones and precious metals, 1.3 billion dirhams for commodities and various products, and others.
Transportation equipment topped the list of non-oil imports with a value of 25.8 billion dirhams, followed by machinery and sound and image recording devices with a value of 24.1 billion dirhams, base metals and their articles with a value of 19.7 billion dirhams, chemical industry products with a value of 11.4 billion dirhams, metal products with a value of 7.8 billion dirhams, plastics, rubber and their articles with a value of 11.4 billion dirhams. 5.9 billion dirhams, live animals and their products 2.9 billion dirhams, and wood pulp and cardboard worth 2.3 billion dirhams.
Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries for non-oil exports with a value of 25.9 billion dirhams, followed by Switzerland with a value of 19 billion dirhams, India with a value of 5.8 billion dirhams, Kuwait with a value of 5.7 billion dirhams, Hong Kong with a value of 5.3 billion dirhams, America with a value of 5.1 billion dirhams, and China with a value of 3.3 billion dirhams. The Netherlands, with a value of 3.1 billion dirhams, and Jordan, with a value of 2.7 billion dirhams.
Saudi Arabia also topped the list of countries for re-exports with a value of 16.8 billion dirhams, followed by Kuwait with a value of 5.1 billion dirhams, Qatar with a value of 4.4 billion dirhams, Bahrain with a value of 3.3 billion dirhams, and Jordan with a value of 1.6 billion dirhams. Saudi Arabia also topped the list of countries in terms of imports with 15.5 billion dirhams, America with 14.2 billion dirhams, China with 12.9 billion dirhams, Japan with 10.1 billion dirhams, Congo with 6.7 billion dirhams, the United Kingdom with 4.1 billion dirhams, Germany with 3.9 billion dirhams, the Sultanate of Oman with 3.7 billion dirhams, and Bahrain. 3.4 billion dirhams, France 3.3 billion dirhams.
