Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s merchandise exports amounted to SR90.3 billion in April this yr, marking a ten.9 % lower in comparison with April 2024. Non-oil exports, together with re-exports, recorded a rise of 24.6 %, reaching SR28.4 billion, in comparison with the identical interval final yr, based on the Worldwide Commerce Statistics Bulletin for April 2025, launched on Wednesday by the Basic Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).
There was a rise of 18.3 % in imports, reaching SR76.1 billion in April. Nonetheless, the commerce surplus declined sharply by 61.7 %, dropping to SR14.2 billion in comparison with April 2024, the GASTAT report identified.
The bulletin indicated that there was an increase within the ratio of non-oil exports, together with re-exports to imports, reaching 37.2 % in April 2025, up from 35.4 % in April 2024. In the meantime, the share of oil exports in complete exports decreased from 77.5 % in April 2024 to 68.6 % in April 2025.
Chemical business merchandise had been the highest non-oil export items, amounting to SR6 billion and accounting for 26.4 % of complete non-oil exports. The most important class of imported items was “equipment, electrical gear, and their elements,” which totaled SR21.1 billion, representing 26 % of complete imports.
The bulletin additionally confirmed that China remained the Kingdom’s prime buying and selling associate. Exports to China totaled SR11.4 billion, accounting for 12.6 % of complete exports in April 2025, whereas imports from China reached SR19 billion, representing 25 % of complete imports for a similar month.
The Worldwide Commerce Statistics are based mostly on administrative information from the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority for non-oil knowledge and the Ministry of Power for oil knowledge, the place the Kingdom’s exports and imports are labeled based on the 2022 Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.