Saudi Arabia achieves 203.2 percent growth in non-oil trade surplus exceeding $533.2 million
According to preliminary data from the International Trade Bulletin for April, published by
the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT)
, the total volume of non-oil trade, including re-exports, between Saudi Arabia and GCC countries reached around SAR18,028 million (SAR18.028 billion). This represents a year-on-year growth of 41.3 percent, reflecting an increase of SAR5,271 million from SAR12,757 million in April 2024.
Non-oil commodity exports, including re-exports, rose by 55 percent, totaling SAR10,770 million, up from SAR6,958 million in April of the previous year, marking an increase of over SAR3,812 million, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) citing the GASTAT figures.
Meanwhile, the value of national non-oil commodity exports reached around SAR3,031 million, compared to SAR2,675 million in April 2024, achieving a year-on-year growth rate of 13.3 percent, with an estimated increase of SAR356 million.
Read more: Trade volume between Saudi Arabia, GCC countries surpasses $14.82 billion in Q4 2023
Surge in re-exports reaches SAR7.738 billion
Additionally, the value of re-exports surged by 81 percent, reaching SAR7,738 million (SAR7.738 billion) compared to SAR4,282 million, representing an increase of SAR3,456 million.
Saudi Arabia's imports from GCC countries stood at SAR7,258 million in April 2025, compared to SAR5,799 million last year, achieving a year-on-year growth of 25.2 percent, with an increase of SAR1,459 million.
The data indicated that the United Arab Emirates ranked first in terms of non-oil trade volume with Saudi Arabia, amounting to SAR13,533 million, which represents about 75.1 percent of the total.
Bahrain followed in second place with a trade value of SAR1,798 million (10 percent), while Oman ranked third with SAR1,454 million (8.1 percent). Kuwait was fourth with SAR819.9 million (4.5 percent), and Qatar came next with a value of SAR422.1 million (2.3 percent).
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