# United Arab Emirates exports to Afghanistan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from United Arab Emirates to Afghanistan, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ARE-AFG/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, United Arab Emirates reported $2.5B in goods exports to Afghanistan. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $2.5B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 3 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 22 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 2.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 7.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $726.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $662.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $365.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $234.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $191.2M | 81.7% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 271019 | Not reported | $116.1M | 2.6% | High attention |
| 7 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $51.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $69.0M | 4.4% | High attention |
| 9 | 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $76.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 240391 | Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted | $13.7M | 0% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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