The total international trade amounted to about SR540.5 billion in the third quarter of 2025, 8.6 percent year-on-year growth or SR43 billion of SR497.5 billion compared to Q3 2024.
The quarterly international trade bulletin, issued by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), indicated that merchandise exports constituted 56.1 percent of the total trade, with exports amounting to SR303.3 billion, and imports were 43.9 percent, with imports amounting to SR237.2 billion, which led to a trade surplus of SR66.1 billion.
Non-oil national exports, other than re-exports, amounted to SR57 billion, which is equivalent to 18.8 percent of merchandise exports. This represents a negative growth of 0.4 per annum or SR0.2 billion; nonetheless, a 3.1 percent quarterly growth of SR1.7 billion compared to the April-June quarter.
However, the oil exports amounted to SR207.8 billion, which constituted 68.5 percent of overall exports. The re-exports continuously recorded a sharp increase of 69.6 percent as it surged by SR15.8 billion to an amount of SR38.5 billion, which is 12.7 percent of total exports.
Therefore, the re-exports soared by 17.4 percent, which is equivalent to SR5.7 billion every quarter. Asian nations were the largest export destination, with 71.7 percent of total Saudi exports standing at SR217.4 billion.
Europe came next with 14.8 percent or SR44.7 billion, followed by Africa with 7.4 percent (SR 22.4 billion), and America had 6 percent (SR18.3 billion).
China continued to be the highest importer of the Kingdom, constituting 14.9 percent of all exports with a value of SR45.2 billion. The United Arab Emirates ranked second with 10.8 percent (SR32.7 billion), after India with 9.5 percent (SR29 billion).
Meanwhile, the non-oil exports, including re-exports, flowed through 34 land, sea, and air customs posts totaling SR95.5 billion.
The report indicated that the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah topped the list with SR17.3 billion, then was Jeddah Islamic Port with SR10.8 billion.
