diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go
index dd3426cdc2e9..350c912aa0e1 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ func translateUnit(metric pmetric.Metric, descriptor map[string]MetricDescriptor
 		}
 	}
 	switch unit {
+	case "1":
+		unit = ""
+	case "ns":
+		// CloudWatch doesn't support Nanoseconds
+		unit = ""
 	case "ms":
 		unit = "Milliseconds"
 	case "s":
@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ func translateUnit(metric pmetric.Metric, descriptor map[string]MetricDescriptor
 		unit = "Microseconds"
 	case "By":
 		unit = "Bytes"
-	case "Bi":
+	case "bit":
 		unit = "Bits"
 	}
 	return unit
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go
index ac8d1f02b5a0..7f470a955505 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go
@@ -485,10 +485,12 @@ func TestTranslateUnit(t *testing.T) {
 	translateUnitCases := map[string]string{
 		"Count": "Count",
 		"ms":    "Milliseconds",
+		"ns":    "",
+		"1":     "",
 		"s":     "Seconds",
 		"us":    "Microseconds",
 		"By":    "Bytes",
-		"Bi":    "Bits",
+		"bit":   "Bits",
 	}
 	for input, output := range translateUnitCases {
 		t.Run(input, func(_ *testing.T) {