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Saudi Arabia Trade Summary

2012

Saudi Arabia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SAUDI ARABIA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Saudi Arabia 2012

Exports and imports of Saudi Arabia in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 387,374 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 151,260 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,299 products were exported to 166 countries and 3,953 products were imported from 180 countries.

Saudi Arabia top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Saudi Arabia exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Saudi Arabia exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 208,198 million, with a partner share of 53.75 percent.
  2. Saudi Arabia exports to Unspecified worth US$ 130,394 million, with a partner share of 33.66 percent.
  3. Saudi Arabia exports to China worth US$ 6,348 million, with a partner share of 1.64 percent.
  4. Saudi Arabia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 5,529 million, with a partner share of 1.43 percent.
  5. Saudi Arabia exports to Singapore worth US$ 3,488 million, with a partner share of 0.90 percent.

Top five countries from which Saudi Arabia imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Saudi Arabia imports from United States worth US$ 20,254 million, with a partner share of 13.39 percent.
  2. Saudi Arabia imports from China worth US$ 19,635 million, with a partner share of 12.98 percent.
  3. Saudi Arabia imports from Germany worth US$ 10,914 million, with a partner share of 7.22 percent.
  4. Saudi Arabia imports from Japan worth US$ 10,350 million, with a partner share of 6.84 percent.
  5. Saudi Arabia imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 9,374 million, with a partner share of 6.20 percent.

Saudi Arabia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Saudi Arabia along with trade value are:

  1. Saudi Arabia exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 305,237,240.21 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Saudi Arabia exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 22,729,548.95 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Saudi Arabia exported Polypropylene, in primary forms , worth 5,030,022.82 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Saudi Arabia exported Polyethylene having a specific gravity >=0.94, , worth 4,878,602.10 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Saudi Arabia exported Propane, liquefied , worth 3,657,373.37 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Saudi Arabia along with trade value are

  1. Saudi Arabia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 8,520,237.85 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Saudi Arabia imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 6,159,843.43 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Saudi Arabia imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 4,380,767.08 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Saudi Arabia imported Barley , worth 2,514,006.88 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Saudi Arabia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 2,258,922.82 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Saudi Arabia in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 619.64 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.15 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.57 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 43,519,744.11 and duty free tariff line items share was 20.62 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Saudi Arabia in 2012 are below

  • Saudi Arabia GDP in current US dollar was 741,850 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 22,930.00 .
  • Saudi Arabia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 24.83.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 184,214.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 82.85 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.38 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Saudi Arabia in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 5.15.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and Saudi Arabia Country Growth was 3.90 .