Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
701 467 22 305 -2.1 6 470 29.0
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
29 21 55 33
Imports
32 23 27 16
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 173 854 137 998 2020 0.99
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -4 3
2019 -11 12
2020 -34 -10 2020 0.77
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 1.5
Fuels and mining products: 78.6
Agricultural products: 12.2
Fuels and mining products: 4.5
Manufactures: 18.7
Other: 1.2
Manufactures: 63.4
Other: 19.9
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
China: 3.7 United Arab Emirates: 1.7 Singapore: 1.4
European Union: 1.9 India: 1.5 Other: 89.8
European Union: 21.3 United States of America: 11.8 Japan: 4.5
China: 18.8 United Arab Emirates: 7.2 Other: 36.4
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2009 HS1905 HS0406 HS0402 HS0804
2019 . 326 326 320 297 236
Fruit juices and vegetable juices Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Cheese and curd Milk and cream, concentrated Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1006 HS0207 HS0402 HS2106 HS1005
2019
Rice Meat and edible offal of poultry Milk and cream, concentrated Other food preparations Maize (corn)
1 415 1 302 760 754 715
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS2009
HS1006
HS1905
HS0207
HS0406
HS0402
HS0402
HS2106
HS0804
HS1005
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 3 369 19 661
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 2 2
2018 -5 -9
2019 -1 1
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS3901 HS3902 HS2909 HS2905 HS2902
2019
Polymers of ethylene, primary forms Polymers of propylene Ethers, ether-alcohols Acyclic alcohols, their derivatives Cyclic hydrocarbons
9 667 5 730 3 811 2 938 2 847
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS8703 HS8525 HS3004 HS8905 HS2710
2019
Motor cars for transport of persons Radio-telephony transmission tools Medicaments in measured doses Vessels not mainly for navigability Petroleum oils, other than crude
10 928 5 366 4 018 3 606 3 577
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
314
Imports 5%
0%
HS3901
HS8703
HS3902
HS8525
HS2909
HS3004
HS2905
HS8905
HS2902
HS2710
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 248 426 116 032
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 0 3
2018 34 1
2019 -15 8
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Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
9 637 38 201 2020 0.20
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
19 0
-59 -31
-1 -3
2020 0.83
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 34.6 Other commercial services: 23.5
Travel: 41.9 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 38.9 Other commercial services: 38.7
By main destination
Travel: 22.3 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
300
World
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 3 337 14 874
Exports By sea By air By other
Value
2010-2020 5 2
Share (%)
na na na
Annual percentage change 2019 5 12
Imports By sea By air By other
na na na
2020 -30 -16
Value na na na
Share (%) na na na
Travel 300
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
World
200 100 0
2010
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports 2013
2016
2020 4 036 8 533
2010-2020 -5 -9
Annual percentage change 2019 19 -9
2020 -75 -44
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 4.1 2.7
ICTs Financial services
32.7
60.5
Insurance & pension Other
Million US$
Value
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 2 264 Imports 14 794
4 -1
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
52 -1
-4 -34
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
1 188
Non-residents
2 463
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
3 651
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Residents
23 411
Non-residents
14 258
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
37 669
Residents
348
Non-residents
456
Total
804
315