RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports, together with re-exports, recorded a rise of 18.6 p.c through the fourth quarter of 2025, in comparison with the identical quarter of 2024, whereas non-oil exports, excluding re-exports, posted a lower of 1.5 p.c.
Re-exports soared 67.4 p.c, pushed by a 79.2 p.c improve in exports of equipment, electrical tools, and their components, which constituted 49.9 p.c of whole re-exports, in accordance with the Worldwide Commerce Bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2025, issued on Wednesday by the Normal Authority for Statistics.
Whole merchandise exports additionally elevated by 7.9 p.c, and petroleum exports rose by 3.5 p.c. Nonetheless, the share of petroleum exports in whole exports declined from 70.4 p.c within the fourth quarter of the earlier yr to 67.5 p.c by the top of the fourth quarter of 2025.
The report revealed that imports rose by 4.7 p.c in comparison with the identical quarter of the earlier yr, and the commerce surplus grew by 26.3 p.c. In December 2025, non-oil exports, together with re-exports, elevated by 7.4 p.c in comparison with the identical month in 2024, whereas nationwide non-oil exports, excluding re-exports, decreased by 8.5 p.c. The worth of re-exported items elevated by 43.1 p.c, primarily because of a 96 p.c rise within the equipment, home equipment, electrical tools, and components sector.
The ratio of non-oil merchandise exports to imports additionally elevated to 37.7 p.c in December 2025, in comparison with 35.9 p.c in December 2024. This was pushed by a 7.4 p.c improve in non-oil exports, whereas imports rose by 2.4 p.c throughout the identical interval.
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Worldwide merchandise commerce figures for December 2025 confirmed a 3 p.c improve in whole merchandise exports in comparison with December 2024. Petroleum exports additionally rose by one p.c whereas the share of petroleum exports in whole exports decreased from 68.7 p.c in December 2024 to 67.4 p.c in December 2025.
Imports elevated by 2.4 p.c throughout December 2025, whereas the commerce surplus grew by 7.1 p.c in comparison with December of the earlier yr. Concerning buying and selling companions, Japan was the main vacation spot for merchandise exports in December, accounting for 11.7 p.c of whole exports, whereas China was the highest import accomplice, representing 28.7 p.c. For the fourth quarter, China remained the main export accomplice, accounting for 13.1 p.c of exports, and maintained its place as the highest import accomplice, representing 27.2 p.c.
It’s worthy to notice that worldwide merchandise commerce statistics are based mostly on administrative information acquired from the competent authorities, together with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority for non-petroleum knowledge, and the Ministry of Power for petroleum knowledge. These knowledge are topic to statistical processing and assessment processes in accordance with the methodologies adopted by the involved authority, as a way to guarantee the standard and accuracy of the info earlier than its publication.
