Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports, together with re-exports, recorded a progress of 17.8 % reaching SR 88 billion in the course of the second quarter of 2025, in comparison with SR74 billion throughout the identical quarter of final yr. Non-oil exports, together with re-exports, elevated by 22.1 % in June 2025, in comparison with the identical month of the earlier yr. The continued progress in non-oil exports was recorded within the Worldwide Merchandise Commerce Statistics Bulletins for June and the second quarter of 2025, launched by the Basic Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Monday.
In line with the bulletin, non-oil nationwide exports rose by 5.6 %, whereas re-exported items grew by 46.2 % in the course of the second quarter. The rise in non-oil nationwide exports in June accounted for 8.4 %, whereas the worth of re-exported items soared by 60.2 % in the course of the month. The entire commodity exports elevated by 3.7 % in June 2025, regardless of a 2.5 % decline in petroleum exports. Because of this, the share of petroleum exports fell to 70.2 % of complete exports, down from 74.7 % in June 2024.
The commerce surplus additionally improved by 10.6 % in June 2025 in comparison with the earlier yr. Chemical merchandise topped the listing of non-oil exports, whereas equipment and electrical tools have been the main imports. China remained the Kingdom’s primary buying and selling companion in June 2025.
The bulletin confirmed that the whole commodity exports recorded a decline of seven.3 % within the second quarter of 2025 in comparison with Q2 2024 because of a 15.8 % lower in petroleum exports, lowering their share to 67.9 %. The commerce surplus decreased by 56.2 % in Q2 2025, however the ratio of non-oil exports to imports improved to 37.3 %.
As in June, chemical merchandise and equipment have been the highest non-oil exports and imports, respectively, with China persevering with to be the first buying and selling companion within the second quarter of the present yr.