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Saudi Arabia: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of Saudi Arabia at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 223.1 billionGrowth +5.5% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:SA:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 307.7 billionGrowth −7.2% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:SA:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,223Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory4,143Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G), counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
18703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 21.5 billion+7.2%BACI:SA:8703:1:2024
22710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 10.2 billion−25.1%BACI:SA:2710:1:2024
38517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 9.0 billion+14.4%BACI:SA:8517:1:2024
47108 GoldUSD 8.1 billion+11.2%BACI:SA:7108:1:2024
53004 MedicamentsUSD 5.4 billion+13.0%BACI:SA:3004:1:2024
68704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 2.9 billion−7.6%BACI:SA:8704:1:2024
78471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereofUSD 2.9 billion+34.2%BACI:SA:8471:1:2024
88802 Aircraft: spacecraftUSD 2.9 billion−22.7%BACI:SA:8802:1:2024
98481 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipesUSD 2.8 billion+35.0%BACI:SA:8481:1:2024
108411 Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbinesUSD 2.3 billion−14.0%BACI:SA:8411:1:2024
117408 Copper wireUSD 2.2 billion+54.8%BACI:SA:7408:1:2024
128504 Electric transformers, static convertersUSD 2.1 billion+77.7%BACI:SA:8504:1:2024
131701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 2.1 billion+16.0%BACI:SA:1701:1:2024
148431 Machinery partsUSD 2.1 billion+54.4%BACI:SA:8431:1:2024
153002 Human bloodUSD 2.0 billion+8.5%BACI:SA:3002:1:2024
167208 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 1.9 billion+26.8%BACI:SA:7208:1:2024
171006 RiceUSD 1.9 billion+15.7%BACI:SA:1006:1:2024
188541 Semiconductor devicesUSD 1.8 billion+38.9%BACI:SA:8541:1:2024
197113 Jewellery articles and parts thereofUSD 1.7 billion−17.4%BACI:SA:7113:1:2024
208415 Air conditioning machinesUSD 1.7 billion+11.9%BACI:SA:8415:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crudeUSD 186.9 billion−10.9%BACI:SA:2709:2:2024
22710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 28.9 billion−26.2%BACI:SA:2710:2:2024
33901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary formsUSD 11.2 billion+0.0%BACI:SA:3901:2:2024
48517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 6.6 billion+865.0%BACI:SA:8517:2:2024
53902 Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary formsUSD 5.1 billion−9.5%BACI:SA:3902:2:2024
62905 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonatedUSD 4.8 billion−4.1%BACI:SA:2905:2:2024
72711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbonsUSD 4.5 billion−6.9%BACI:SA:2711:2:2024
83105 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 3.3 billion+3.4%BACI:SA:3105:2:2024
98906 Vessels: otherUSD 3.2 billion+122.5%BACI:SA:8906:2:2024
102902 Cyclic hydrocarbonsUSD 2.9 billion−2.9%BACI:SA:2902:2:2024
118905 Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranesUSD 2.3 billion+12.6%BACI:SA:8905:2:2024
127108 GoldUSD 1.9 billion+49.4%BACI:SA:7108:2:2024
133102 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 1.7 billion+5.0%BACI:SA:3102:2:2024
142909 Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenolsUSD 1.6 billion−4.2%BACI:SA:2909:2:2024
158802 Aircraft: spacecraftUSD 1.5 billion+12.7%BACI:SA:8802:2:2024
167404 Copper: waste and scrapUSD 1.4 billion+14.0%BACI:SA:7404:2:2024
173907 Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, polycarbonatesUSD 1.2 billion−2.5%BACI:SA:3907:2:2024
188904 Tugs and pusher craftUSD 1.1 billion+19.1%BACI:SA:8904:2:2024
192814 Ammonia: anhydrous or in aqueous solutionUSD 1.1 billion−14.9%BACI:SA:2814:2:2024
208703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 1.0 billion+94.9%BACI:SA:8703:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Saudi Arabia with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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