Saudi Arabia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

24,000

Units In

Million SAR

25,995

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Jan 23, 2026

Time to Release

26 Days 2 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
454,159 Dec 2005	-3,651 Apr 2020	75,538.61 Million SAR	1968-2025	Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency

Saudi Arabia has been recording trade surpluses since 1968 due to shipments of oil (87 percent of total exports). Main imports are: machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical equipment; transport equipment and parts thereof and base metals. Main trading partners are: United States (14 percent of total exports and 12.6 percent of imports), China (12 percent of exports and 13 percent of imports) and Japan (13 percent of exports and 6 percent of imports). Others include: South Korea, United Arab Emirates, India and Germany.

Latest Updates

Saudi Arabia’s trade surplus increased sharply to SAR 24.0 billion in October 2025 from SAR 16.2 billion in the same month a year earlier, as export growth outpaced imports. Outbound shipments rose 11.8% year on year to SAR 104.0 billion, supported mainly by higher oil shipments, which increased 4.0% and accounted for 67.4% of total exports. Non-oil exports posted solid gains, jumping 32.3%, driven by a sharp 387.5% surge in transportation equipment and parts, which represented 37.4% of non-oil exports. China remained the Kingdom’s top export destination, absorbing 14.1% of shipments, followed by the UAE at 10.9% and India at 9.9%. Meanwhile, inbound shipments added 4.3% to SAR 80.0 billion, led by a 26.3% rise in purchases of machinery, electrical equipment, and parts, which made up 30.2% of total imports. China was the largest source of imports with a 24.8% share, ahead of the U.S. at 8.7% and the UAE at 6.4%.