Saudi Arabia Balance of Trade

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

24,240

Units In

Million SAR

26,851

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Nov 25, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 2 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
454,159 Dec 2005	-3,651 Apr 2020	76,085 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 widened to SAR 24.2 billion in August 2025 from SAR 23.3 billion in the same month a year earlier. This marked the largest surplus since May 2024, with both exports and imports increasing. Exports rose by 6.6% year on year to SAR 99.1 billion, driven by a 7.0% rise in oil exports, which accounted for 70.5% of the total. Non-oil exports also grew by 5.5%, led by a sharp increase in machinery, electrical equipment, and parts (+79.8%), which made up 25.4% of total non-oil exports. China remained the main destination for the Kingdom’s exports, taking 16.2% of the total, followed by the UAE (11.1%) and India (9.2%). Imports rose by 7.4% to SAR 74.9 billion, mainly due to a 24.7% surge in machinery, electrical equipment, and parts, which represented 29.8% of total imports. Among major import sources, China held the largest share at 26.4%, followed by the U.S. (7.8%) and the UAE (5.4%).