Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi non-oil exports, including re-exports, jumped by 32.3 percent in October 2025 compared with the same period in 2024. National non-oil exports increased by 2.4 percent while total merchandise exports grew by 11.8 percent, contributing to a 47.4 percent increase in the trade balance surplus compared with October 2024, according to the data released on Thursday by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

Imports rose by 4.3 percent in October 2025. The ratio of non-oil exports to imports increased to 42.3 percent, compared with 33.4 percent in the previous year. Electrical machinery, equipment, and parts topped the list of non-oil exports, accounting for 23.6 percent of total non-oil exports, followed by chemical industry products at 19.4 percent.

For imports, electrical machinery, equipment, and parts ranked first at 30.2 percent, rising by 26.3 percent compared with October 2024, followed by transport equipment and parts, which accounted for 12.1 percent of total imports and declined by 22.9 percent compared with October 2024.

Meanwhile, China maintained its position as the Kingdom’s leading trading partner in both exports and imports, accounting for 14.1 percent of total exports and 24.8 percent of total imports. The Kingdom’s top 10 trading partners together represented 70.4 percent of total exports and 67.7 percent of total imports. At the customs port level, King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam ranked first, accounting for 25.7 percent of total imports.