{"id":421108,"date":"2026-05-10T17:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421108\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:27:16","slug":"as-uae-leaves-opec-export-data-reveals-shift-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421108\/","title":{"rendered":"As UAE Leaves OPEC, Export Data Reveals Shift in Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE\u2019s decision to exit OPEC has sent ripples through global <a href=\"https:\/\/dataexplained.com\/news\/u-s-bangladesh-15b-energy-pact\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">energy markets<\/a>, but the underlying reasons become clearer when looking at the numbers behind the group\u2019s internal dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>Data published by\u00a0OPEC on member countries\u2019 exports of goods and services from 2021 to 2025 shows a bloc that has grown overall, but unevenly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Total OPEC exports rose from about $1.10 trillion in 2021 to $1.61 trillion in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Beneath that headline growth, however, the balance of power inside the group has shifted significantly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dataexplained.com\/news\/opec-members-by-exports-value\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The United Arab Emirates has left OPEC <\/a>after years of tension over production limits.New OPEC data shows UAE exports surged to about $738 billion in 2025, far ahead of many members, including Saudi Arabia at roughly $379 billion.The numbers point to a deeper shift: economic power inside OPEC has changed, and the UAE no longer fits neatly within the group\u2019s structure.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE stands out as the fastest-growing major exporter in the dataset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its total exports climbed from roughly $425 billion in 2021 to $738 billion in 2025, showing consistent year-on-year growth.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Saudi Arabia, long considered <a href=\"https:\/\/dataexplained.com\/news\/strait-of-hormuz-drops-oil-flow-by-32\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OPEC&#8217;s dominant force<\/a>, followed a different trajectory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its exports rose sharply to about $452 billion in 2022, then declined and stabilized at around $379 billion by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>That means that by the end of the period, the UAE\u2019s total export value was nearly double that of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While OPEC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dataexplained.com\/news\/africas-biggest-refinery-gasoline-exports\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">production quotas focus on crude oil<\/a>, the export data includes both goods and services.\u00a0This matters because it highlights a key difference. The UAE\u2019s growth is not driven by oil alone.\u00a0Its economy has expanded through trade, logistics, finance, and other services, making it less dependent on restrictions on oil output.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UAE\u2019s decision to exit OPEC has sent ripples through global energy markets, but the underlying reasons become&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-421108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}