Exports - partners:
Japan 24.9%, South Korea 9.9%, India 5.4%, Thailand 5.2% (2004)
Imports:
$45.66 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
Imports - partners:
China 10%, India 9.8%, Japan 6.8%, Germany 6.5%, UK 6.2%, France
6.1%, US 6% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$18.64 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.9 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
since its founding in 1971, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has
given about $5.2 billion in aid to 56 countries (2004)
Currency (code):
Emirati dirham (AED)
Currency code:
AED
Exchange rates:
Emirati dirhams per US dollar - 3.6725 (2004), 3.6725 (2003),
3.6725 (2002), 3.6725 (2001), 3.6725 (2000)
note: officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002