Saudi non-oil exports hit $82bn in first half of 2025

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports rose to a record SAR307 billion ($82 billion) in the first half of 2025, the minister of industry and mineral resources Bandar Alkhorayef has said.

Speaking at the Made In Saudi Expo 2025 in Riyadh, Alkhorayef said local products are exported to 180 countries, with more than 3,700 companies registered in the programme with 19,000 products.

Quoting the minister, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported that Vision 2030 initiatives have driven sustained growth in non-oil exports by unlocking national industrial capabilities, enhancing Saudi product quality and expanding their access across global markets.

The first-half 2025 non-oil exports figure was described by SPA as “the highest semi-annual growth on record”.

While it did not give corresponding figures for 2024, Saudi financial data platform Argaam and local Saudi media reported a figure of SAR145 billion for the first six months of last year.

The 2025 export growth has been supported by the Saudi Export Development Authority, which has signed 108 export agreements, registered 433 new importers, and licensed nine export houses that have accessed 21 countries, with total exports reaching SAR390 million this year.

In addition, the Saudi Export-Import Bank (Saudi Exim) has provided credit facilities of more than SAR100 billion since its inception until the end of September 2025.

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Of this, more than SAR5 billion was allocated to international trading houses operating in over 150 markets worldwide, the minister said

This month the General Authority for Statistics (Gastat) said total international trade reached SAR541 billion in the quarter ending September 2025, a 9 percent increase from SAR498 billion a year ago.

China maintained its position as Saudi Arabia’s largest export market in the third quarter of 2025, followed by the UAE.