{"id":100918,"date":"2025-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/09\/28\/oil-exports-recover-from-downward-trend-in-july\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:00:00","slug":"oil-exports-recover-from-downward-trend-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/09\/28\/oil-exports-recover-from-downward-trend-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil exports recover from downward trend in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>Oil ex<\/strong>ports show signs of recovery:<\/strong> Oil exports inched down a slight 0.7% reaching SAR 68.7 bn in July, partly recovering from its downward trend, according to preliminary data (pdf)<\/a> from the General Authority for Statistics. Total merchandise exports rose 7.8% y-o-y reaching SAR 102.4 bn during the month, leading to a 52.4% rise in our trade balance to a surplus of SAR 26.8 bn. Meanwhile, oil exports\u2019 share of total exports decreased by 5.7 percentage points y-o-y to 67.1%.<\/p>\n

REFRESHER-<\/strong> The Kingdom\u2019s oil output increased in June and July after Opec+ agreed to accelerate oil production increments<\/a>, adding 411k bbl \/ d to the global market.<\/p>\n

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NON-OIL BREAKDOWN-<\/p>\n

Non-oil merchandise exports were up 0.6% y-o-y in July<\/strong>.<\/strong> Total non-oil exports \u2014 including re-exports \u2014 grew 30.4% y-o-y over the same period, as re-exports soared 111.3% y-o-y to hit SAR 14.7 bn pushed up by a 209.6% rise in machinery, electrical equipment and parts. <\/p>\n

The ratio of non-oil exports to imports climbed to 44.6% in July 2025, up from 33.4% a <\/strong>year earlier<\/strong>, driven by a 30.4% surge in non-oil exports despite a 2.5% drop in imports.<\/p>\n

Machinery, electrical equipment and parts topped the export list comprising 29.7% of the <\/strong>total non-oil exports<\/strong>, surging 191.1% y-o-y to SAR 10 bn. Chemical products followed, rising 0.9% y-o-y to SAR 6.6 bn.<\/p>\n

Of total imports, machinery, electrical equipment, and parts constituted 29.9% and rose <\/strong>by 11.7% y-o-y to SAR <\/strong>22.6 <\/strong>bn over the month.<\/strong> Transportation equipment and parts followed at 13.2% of total imports, despite decreasing 9.6% y-o-y to SAR 10 bn.<\/p>\n

China still holds the reins of the trade list<\/strong>, comprising 14% of the Kingdom's total exports, reaching SAR 14.3 bn. The UAE came in second on the export list at SAR 10.9 bn for 10.6% of total exports, followed by India at SAR 9.7 bn (9.4%). South Korea, Japan, the US, Egypt, Malta, Poland, and Turkey rounded out the top 10 export markets.<\/p>\n

In terms of imports, China also topped the list,<\/strong> taking up 25.8% of total imports, amounting to SAR 19.5 bn. The US seized second place at SAR 6 bn making up 8% of total imports, followed by the UAE at 6.4% for SAR 4.8 bn. Germany, India, Japan, Italy, France, United Kingdom and Switzerland rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n

The main ports: <\/strong>Dammam\u2019s King Abdulaziz Port received 26.1% of the Kingdom\u2019s total imports in July, followed by Jeddah Islamic Port (20.9%) and Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport (14.4%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oil exports only inched down a slight 0.7% reaching SAR 68.7 bn in July, signaling a recovery from SAR 64.7 bn in June and SAR 59.3 bn in May<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2571],"tags":[27,10,1365,87],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-100918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-economy","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-non-oil-economy","tag-oil-and-gas","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"54cae36c-86d4-41c4-97a0-197b9bb700d2","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/2107.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Non-oil exports up 30% in July + Oil exports slightly inch down","related_issue":[100910],"teaser":"Oil exports only inched down a slight 0.7% reaching SAR 68.7 bn in July, signaling a recovery from SAR 64.7 bn in June and SAR 59.3 bn in May","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/9\/.334e12ae-8bde-48a2-905b-51df1fea9243.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nOil exports recover from downward trend in July - 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