United Arab Emirates - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in United Arab Emirates was 0.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 37.95 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 2001.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year Value
1970 6.44
1971 6.43
1972 5.09
1973 5.65
1974 7.57
1975 7.16
1976 2.21
1977 2.12
1978 4.19
1979 2.20
1980 6.63
1981 6.73
1982 8.15
1983 2.64
1984 2.48
1985 2.38
1986 2.11
1987 2.23
1988 6.38
1989 2.66
1990 5.65
1991 6.21
1992 4.25
1993 6.19
1994 2.80
1995 2.62
1996 2.35
1997 1.17
1998 1.46
1999 1.32
2000 0.49
2001 0.12
2002 0.33
2003 0.80
2004 24.52
2005 17.98
2006 20.18
2007 18.55
2008 13.86
2009 27.49
2010 31.48
2011 24.65
2012 7.08
2013 37.95
2014 37.81
2015 37.22
2016 31.55
2017 0.42
2018 0.77
2019 0.77
2020 0.88

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports