The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released yesterday the International Merchandise Trade Statistics for June 2025 and the second quarter of the same year.
The results of the June bulletin revealed the continued growth of non-petroleum exports
including re-exports. The results of the June bulletin revealed the continued growth of non-petroleum exports “including re-exports”, recording an increase of 22.1% compared to June 2024, and national non-petroleum exports “excluding re-exports” increased by 8.4%.
According to the results of the June 2025 bulletin, the General Authority for Statistics, the second quarter of the same year. According to the results of the bulletin, the value of re-exported goods increased by 60.2%, while total commodity exports increased by 3.7%, despite a decrease in petroleum exports by 2.5%, with the share of petroleum exports in total exports falling to 70.2% from 74.7% in June 2024.
Petroleum exports as a percentage of total exports decreased to 70.2% from 74.7% in June 2024. Goods imports increased by 1.7%, as this contributed to the improvement in the ratio of non-oil exports to imports to 39.2% from 32.7%, while the surplus in the trade balance increased by 10.6% compared to the same month last year.
The trade balance surplus increased by 10.6% compared to the same month last year. Chemical industry products topped the list of non-petroleum exports with 24.5% of the total, followed by machinery, electrical appliances and equipment and their parts with 23.3%, while machinery, electrical appliances and equipment and their parts ranked first among imports with 30.6%.
The bulletin showed that the People's Republic of China is the Kingdom's main trading partner, accounting for 15.5% of total exports and 27.9% of total imports in June 2025.
<In the same context, the results of the International Trade Bulletin during the second quarter of 2025 revealed that non-oil exports continued to grow by 17.8%, compared to the same quarter of 2024, and national non-oil exports increased by 5.6%, while the value of re-exported goods increased by 46.2%.
Total commodity exports recorded a decrease of 7.3% compared to the second quarter of 2024, due to a decrease in petroleum exports by 15.8%, thus decreasing the share of petroleum exports in total exports from 74.7% in Q2 2024 to 67.9% in Q2 2025.
Commodity imports increased by 13.1% during the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, while the surplus in the trade balance decreased by 56.2%.
The proportion of petroleum exports increased from 74.7% in the second quarter of 2024 to 67.9% in the second quarter of 2025. The ratio of non-petroleum exports to imports increased to 37.3% compared to 35.8% in the second quarter of 2024.
Non-petroleum exports to imports increased to 37.3% compared to 35.8% in the second quarter of 2024. <Chemical industry products topped the list of non-petroleum exports with 23.0% of the total, followed by machinery, electrical appliances and equipment and their parts with 21.7%, while machinery, electrical appliances and equipment and their parts were the largest imported goods with 28.9%. According to the bulletin, the People's Republic of China was the Kingdom's main trading partner in the second quarter of 2025, accounting for 14.2% of total exports and 27.4% of total imports in this period.
