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Import market · HS 2601 · SA

Saudi Arabia imports of Iron ores and concentrates (HS 2601)

Where Saudi Arabia buys iron ores and concentrates: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI statistics. World market for HS 2601 · Saudi Arabia trade profile

Saudi Arabia imports, 2024USD 1.1 billionSum over 11 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
Saudi Arabia imports, 2023USD 1.6 billionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth−34.6%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 167 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory4,150Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1BahrainUSD 612.5 million57.4%+13.8%BACI:SA:BH:2601:1:2024
2SwedenUSD 260.3 million24.4%−31.8%BACI:SA:SE:2601:1:2024
3OmanUSD 144.8 million13.6%−79.5%BACI:SA:OM:2601:1:2024
4BrazilUSD 30.0 million2.8%not availableBACI:SA:BR:2601:1:2024
5IndiaUSD 12.5 million1.2%+147.0%BACI:SA:IN:2601:1:2024
6South AfricaUSD 6.1 million0.6%not availableBACI:SA:ZA:2601:1:2024
7ChinaUSD 124,6880.0%+182.7%BACI:SA:CN:2601:1:2024
8NetherlandsUSD 31,3870.0%+1,403.2%BACI:SA:NL:2601:1:2024
9UkraineUSD 1,5150.0%+30,200.0%BACI:SA:UA:2601:1:2024
10United Arab EmiratesUSD 1,1650.0%−99.5%BACI:SA:AE:2601:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the Saudi Arabia total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in Saudi Arabia, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of metals and metal ores (NACE 4672). Counts only.

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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 2026-10-25. 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 each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

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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