SAUDI Arabia’s non-oil exports, including re-exports, rose 20.7 per cent year on year in November to 32.69 billion riyals ($8.72bn), official data showed, reports the Arab News.
According to preliminary figures released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), national non-oil exports, excluding re-exports, increased by 4.7pc in November compared with the same month in 2024.
The strong performance highlights progress under the kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy, which aims to diversify the economy and reduce its long-standing dependence on crude oil revenues.
In its latest report, GASTAT stated: “The ratio of non-oil exports, including re-exports, to imports increased in November 2025, reaching 42.2pc, compared with 34.9pc in November 2024. This increase was driven by a 20.7pc rise in non-oil exports, alongside a 0.2pc decline in imports over the same period.”
It added: “The value of re-exported goods increased by 53.1pc during the same period, driven by an 81.9pc increase in ‘machinery, electrical equipment and parts’, which accounted for 51.5pc of total re-exports.”
Machinery, electrical equipment and parts also led the non-oil export basket, making up 24.2pc of outbound shipments and recording an 81.5pc annual increase. This was followed by products of the chemical industries, which represented 20.3pc of total non-oil exports and rose 0.5pc year on year.
The data adds to signs of resilience in Saudi Arabia’s non-oil economy, with S&P Global’s Purchasing Managers’ Index at 57.4 in December, well above the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction.
The UAE was the leading destination for Saudi non-oil exports in November, with shipments valued at 10.48bn riyals.
India ranked second at 3.01bn riyals, followed by China at 2.32bn riyals and Singapore at 1.76bn riyals.
Exports to Egypt totalled 815.5 million riyals during the month, while Turkiye and Jordan received goods worth 799.1m riyals and 773.3m riyals, respectively.
GASTAT said ports and airports played a central role in facilitating non-oil shipments in November.
By sea, Jeddah Islamic Seaport handled the largest volume of non-oil exports at 3.57bn riyals, followed by King Fahad Industrial Seaport in Jubail at 3.51bn riyals.
Ras Al-Khair Seaport was the exit point for non-oil goods valued at 2.66bn riyals, while Jubail Seaport and King Abdulaziz Seaport in Dammam handled outbound shipments worth 2.32bn riyals and 2.14bn riyals, respectively.
By air, King Abdulaziz International Airport handled goods worth 5.60bn riyals, while King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh processed exports valued at 3.53bn riyals.
Saudi Arabia’s total merchandise exports reached 99.73bn riyals in November, representing a 10pc increase compared with the same month in 2024.
“Merchandise exports in November 2025 increased by 10.0pc compared to November 2024, and oil exports increased by 5.4pc. Thepcage of oil exports in total exports declined from 70.1pc in November 2024 to 67.2pc in November 2025,” GASTAT added.
China remained the kingdom’s largest export destination, accounting for 13.5pc of total exports, followed by the UAE at 11.7pc and Japan at 9.9pc. India, South Korea, the US, Egypt, Singapore, Bahrain and Poland were also among the top 10 destinations, which together accounted for 71.4pc of total exports.
Imports declined by 0.2pc year on year in November to 77.38bn riyals, while the merchandise trade surplus surged by 70.2pc, the report showed.
China was the kingdom’s largest source of imports, accounting for 26.7pc of inbound shipments, followed by the US at 10.2pc and the UAE at 6.2pc.
“Germany, Japan, India, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Egypt were also among the top ten import sources, with total imports from these ten countries representing 68.6pc of Saudi Arabia’s overall imports,” added GASTAT.
King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam was the leading entry point for goods, handling 22.8pc of imports in November. Jeddah Islamic Port followed with 22.6pc, ahead of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh at 17pc and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah at 11.9pc.
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