{"id":96573,"date":"2025-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/05\/01\/non-oil-exports-up-4-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:00:00","slug":"non-oil-exports-up-4-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/05\/01\/non-oil-exports-up-4-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-oil exports up 4% in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The Kingdom\u2019s non-oil merchandise exports ros<\/strong><strong>e 4% in 2024 to SAR 217.4 <\/strong><strong>bn<\/strong>, according to the latest data from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/4\/1911.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">General Authority for Statistics (Gastat) (pdf)<\/a>. Total non-oil exports \u2014 including re-exports \u2014 were up 13.1% y-o-y to SAR 308 bn, with re-exports increasing in value by 43% to SAR 90.6 bn over the same period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">NON-OIL EXPORTS-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Still in the lead:<\/strong> The ratio of non-oil exports to imports jumped by 0.2 percentage points y-o-y to 35.3% in 2024. Imports were up 12.5%, a slower rate of growth than exports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Chemical goods are still our biggest non-oil export category,<\/strong> accounting for 25.5% of total non-oil exports last year, down 2.8% from 2023. Plastics, rubber, and their derivatives followed, accounting for 23.5% of total non-oil exports, a 6.6% y-o-y increase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Machinery and electrical equipment were the most imported goods during the year,<\/strong> accounting for 25.3% of all imports \u2014 a 28.5% y-o-y increase. Meanwhile, transportation equipment and parts accounted for 14.3%, marking a 5.5% y-o-y increase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">OUR TRADING PARTNERS-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>China remains our top trade partner: <\/strong>The kingdom\u2019s merchandise exports to China made up 15.2% of total exports in 2024, followed by South Korea (9.4%) and Japan (9.3%). Meanwhile, imports from China accounted for almost a quarter (23.9%) of Saudi\u2019s total imports in the same period, followed by the US (8.4%), and the UAE (5.5%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Other top suppliers:<\/strong> India, Germany, Japan, Italy, Egypt, Switzerland and South Korea <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">were among the Kingdom\u2019s top 10 import markets, accounting for a combined 63.7% of total imports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/5\/2.png?ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Ports in focus:<\/strong> Dammam\u2019s King Abdulaziz Port handled 29.2% of imports in 2024, followed by Jeddah Islamic Port (20%), and Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport (13.6%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">ON THE OIL FRONT-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oil exports inching lower: <\/strong>Oil\u2019s share of total exports declined by 4.2 percentage points y-o-y to 73.1%, amounting to SAR 837.7 bn. 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