Electricity-production: 18 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 6,155 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish
Exports: total value: $33.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: crude oil 66%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates partners: Japan 38%, South Korea 7%, Singapore 7%, India 6%, Oman 4%, Iran 3% (1996)
Imports: total value: $23.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food partners: US 10%, Japan 9%, UK 8%, Italy 6%, South Korea 6%, India 6% (1996)
Debt-external: $14 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid: $NA
Currency: 1 Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils
Exchange rates: Emirian dirhams (Dh) per US$1-3.6710 (fixed rate)
Fiscal year: calendar year