Exports—commodities: crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried
fish, dates
Exports—partners: Japan 36%, South Korea 9%, Singapore 5%, India
5%, Oman 3% (1997)
Imports: $29.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
Imports—commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and transport
equipment, chemicals, food
Imports—partners: US 9%, Japan 9%, UK 9%, Germany 6%, India 6%
(1997)
Debt—external: $14 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils
Exchange rates: Emirian dirhams (Dh) per US$1—central bank mid-point rate: 3.6725 (January 1999), 3.6725 (1998); fixed rate: 3.6710 (1994-1997)
Fiscal year: calendar year