Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports, including re-exports, reached 27.45 billion riyals ($7.31bn) in June, marking an annual rise of 22.1 per cent, official data showed, reports Arab News.
Preliminary figures released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed that the UAE remained the top destination for the kingdom’s non-oil products, with exports to the UAE amounting to 7.85bn riyals in the sixth month of the year.
India was the second-largest non-oil trade partner, importing goods worth 2.6bn riyals, followed by China at 2.14bn riyals, Turkiye at 946.2 million riyals, and Egypt at 871.2m riyals.
The rise in non-oil exports supports the goals of Vision 2030, which aims to diversify Saudi economy and reduce its reliance on oil revenues.
In its latest report, GASTAT stated: “Non-oil exports, including re-exports, recorded an increase of 22.1pc compared to June 2024, while national non-oil exports, excluding re-exports, increased by 8.4pc.”
It added: “The value of re-exported goods increased by 60.2pc during the same period.”
In a separate release, GASTAT noted that Saudi non-oil exports jumped 17.8pc in the second quarter of 2025, offsetting weaker oil sales and highlighting the kingdom’s accelerating diversification drive, official data showed.
The increase included a 46.2pc rise in re-exports, while national non-oil exports excluding re-exports climbed 5.6pc.
Other major destinations for Saudi non-oil shipments in June included Belgium, which received goods worth 675.2m riyals, followed by Oman at 629.4m, and Kuwait at 594.4m.
Exports to the US stood at 446m riyals, while shipments to Singapore and the UK totalled 394.3m and 322.3m, respectively.
Among seaports, the King Fahad Industrial Port in Jubail handled the highest volume of outbound non-oil goods, valued at 3.55bn riyals, followed closely by the Jeddah Islamic Sea Port at 3.17bn.
Jubail Sea Ports and Ras Al Khair facilitated non-oil exports worth 2.19bn riyals and 1.98bn, respectively.
On land, the Al Batha Port processed non-oil exports worth 1.77bn riyals. Al Hadithah and Al Wadiah ports recorded outbound shipments of 693.6m riyals and 398.9m, respectively.
King Abdulaziz International Airport led all air terminals, handling 4.25bn riyals in non-oil exports in June - a 366.3pc increase compared to the same month last year.
“Among the most important non-oil exports are chemical products, which constituted 24.5pc of the total non-oil exports, recording an 8.5pc increase compared to June 2024,” GASTAT noted.
Machinery, electrical equipment, and parts came in second, accounting for 23.3pc of total non-oil exports and growing 168pc year on year.
The strength of Saudi non-oil private sector was further affirmed by Riyad Bank’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, compiled by S&P Global, which showed that the Kingdom’s headline PMI rose to 57.2 in June, up from 55.8 in May.
This reading indicates a strong improvement in business conditions, exceeding the long-run average of 56.9.
A PMI score above 50 signals expansion, while a figure below that mark indicates contraction. Saudi Arabia’s June PMI also outpaced that of its regional peers, with the UAE and Kuwait recording 53.5 and 53.1, respectively.
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