🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates imports of dried legumes: 2024 trade data
Imports of dried legumes by the United Arab Emirates reached $497.1 million in 2024 (667.8 thousand tonnes). That makes it the 9th largest importer of this product worldwide, out of 220 countries. Value fell 19% from 2023. Across 2017-2024 the long-run trend was broadly stable. The peak in this period was 2022, at $659.3 million.
Public statistics, latest reported year 2024. Values in US dollars.
Imports of dried legumes by year, 2017-2024
Hover or tap a year for detail.
Year by year
| Year | Value | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $497.1M | 667.8K t |
| 2023 | $615.3M | 841.4K t |
| 2022 | $659.3M | 822.0K t |
| 2021 | $529.9M | 704.6K t |
| 2020 | $401.3M | 633.6K t |
| 2019 | $317.1M | 567.4K t |
| 2018 | $280.7M | 507.9K t |
| 2017 | $364.7M | 513.6K t |
Where the United Arab Emirates imports dried legumes from
The largest suppliers were Canada (41%), Australia (19%), India (15%).
| Supplier country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Canada | $203.5M | 41% |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | $92.7M | 19% |
| 🇮🇳 India | $75.3M | 15% |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | $25.1M | 5% |
| 🇺🇸 United States | $20.0M | 4% |
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | $9.8M | 2% |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | $8.8M | 1.8% |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | $7.8M | 1.6% |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | $6.5M | 1.3% |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | $5.3M | 1.1% |
Types of dried legumes under HS 0713
| 0713.40 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 45% |
| 0713.20 | Vegetables, leguminous: chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 23% |
| 0713.31 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 8.4% |
| 0713.10 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 7.3% |
| 0713.33 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 5.7% |
| 0713.60 | Vegetables, leguminous: pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 3.9% |
| 0713.50 | Vegetables, leguminous: broad beans (vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (vicia faba var. equina and vicia faba var. minor), shelled, whether or… | 2.6% |
| 0713.35 | Vegetables, leguminous: cow peas (Vigna unguiculata), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 1.8% |
Codes and full descriptions: HS heading 0713.
Average import price of dried legumes
The average declared value was about $0.74 per kg, close to the world average of $0.80.
Declared value divided by weight, all 2024 shipments. Prices per shipment and per company are in EximDataX.
The United Arab Emirates also exports dried legumes
The United Arab Emirates exported $183.4 million of dried legumes in 2024 (179.2 thousand tonnes). Its share of world exports was 1%. One buyer market dominates: Saudi Arabia accounted for 54% of the value. Among the main buyer markets, United States grew fastest (+626% on the year before).
| Destination | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | $99.7M | 54% |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | $25.1M | 14% |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | $22.1M | 12% |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain | $11.0M | 6% |
| 🇺🇸 United States | $5.1M | 2.8% |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | $4.2M | 2.3% |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | $2.5M | 1.3% |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | $2.4M | 1.3% |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | $2.1M | 1.2% |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | $1.3M | 0.7% |
Who is behind these numbers in the United Arab Emirates?
Public statistics stop at country totals and the last published year. EximDataX shows the shipment records underneath: the companies, dates, quantities and declared values, updated weekly.
Shipment records are in the platform
Tell us what you trade and we will show you the latest records on a live call.
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it.
Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Annual values in US dollars at the customs border; quantities in tonnes where reported. HS 0713: Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried.
Dried legumes trade in the United Arab Emirates: questions
What is the value of dried legumes imported by the United Arab Emirates?
The United Arab Emirates imported dried legumes worth $497.1 million in 2024 (667.8 thousand tonnes).
Where does the United Arab Emirates import dried legumes from?
The main supplier countries in 2024 were Canada (41%), Australia (19%), India (15%).
What is the average import price of dried legumes in the United Arab Emirates?
The average declared import value was about $0.74 per kg in 2024, against a world average of $0.80 per kg.
Does the United Arab Emirates export dried legumes?
Yes. The United Arab Emirates exported dried legumes worth $183.4 million in 2024, mainly to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait.
What is the HS code for dried legumes?
Dried legumes falls under HS heading 0713 (Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried). The six-digit codes under it split the product by type.
How can I find the companies trading dried legumes with the United Arab Emirates?
These public statistics stop at country level. EximDataX builds the United Arab Emirates trade from the records of its trading partners, updated weekly, so you can see who ships this product there.
Dried legumes trade in other countries
More trade data for the United Arab Emirates
See what your buyers are buying.Then decide.
Everything we show you comes from official customs filings — records, not claims. 30 minutes. Your shipment. Your HS code. Real platform. If you don’t see something new about your market by the end of the call, we walk away. No follow-ups.