The non-oil exports of Saudi Arabia have registered a high growth of 20.7 percent in the month of November 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, according to the report of the international merchandise trade for November 2025, released on Sunday by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).
The authority indicated that the national non-oil exports, excluding re-exports, posted an expansion of 4.7 percent while re-exported goods recorded a substantial surge of 53.1 percent.
It was spurred by an increased export of machinery, electrical equipment, and their parts by 81.9 percent, which represents 51.5 percent of total re-exports.
The report showed that the total merchandise exports have grown by 10 percent since November 2024, whereas petroleum exports grew by 5.4 percent. The share of petroleum exports in total exports declined from 70.1 percent in November 2024 to 67.2 percent in November 2025.
In the case of imports, a relatively low decrease of 0.2 percent was registered in November 2025 compared to the same month in 2024. As a result, the surplus in the merchandise trade rose by 70.2 percent in comparison with November 2024.
With regards to the non-petroleum exports to imports ratio, the report expounded that it increased to 42.2 percent in November 2025, relative to 34.9 percent in November 2024, as the non-petroleum exports increased, and the imports declined in the same month.
The GASTAT reported that machinery, electrical appliances, equipment, and their components were some of the most significant non-oil export products, making up 24.2 percent of total non-oil exports and rising by 81.5 percent since November 2024. This was succeeded by the chemical industry products, which comprised 20.3 percent of total non-oil exports and grew by 0.5 percent.
However, the machinery, electrical appliances, equipment, and parts led the list of imported goods with 30.7 percent of total imports, and at an increment of 8.6 percent. It was then followed by transport equipment and its parts, which constituted 14.4 percent of total imports with an upward growth of 2.2 percent.
In terms of trade partners, the GASTAT stated that China is the primary trading partner in the Kingdom in terms of goods, which contributed 13.5 percent of total exports in November 2025. The UAE followed with 11.7 percent, and Japan with 9.9 percent.
The top 10 export destinations also included India, South Korea, the United States, Egypt, Singapore, Bahrain, and Poland, which cumulatively constituted 71.4 percent of the total exports.
As of imports, China topped with 26.7 percent of total merchandise imports, followed by the United States with 10.2 percent, and the UAE with 6.2 percent. The others in the top 10 importing countries were Germany, Japan, India, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Egypt, which all together made-up 68.6 percent of total imports.
In terms of customs entry points, the authority found that King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam is one of the most essential ports of entry for imports, considering that it participates in 22.8 percent of total imports in November 2025.
This was preceded by Jeddah Islamic Port at 22.6 percent, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh at 17 percent, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah at 11.9 percent, and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam at 5.7 percent. These five ports contributed to 80 percent of the total merchandise imports in the Kingdom.
In terms of non-oil export, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah led the list of entry points with 17.2 percent of total non-oil export, then came Jeddah Islamic Port with 10.9 percent, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with 10.8 percent, King Fahd Industrial Port at Jubail with 10.8 percent, and Ras Al-Khair Port with 8.1 percent. Thus, the total non-oil merchandise exported by the Kingdom was 57.8 percent of these five entry points.
