Saudi Arabia's chemical exports rise 3% to SAR 6.9B in March

03/06/2025 Argaam Special

Saudi Arabia's chemical exports rise 3% to SAR 6.9B in March


Saudi Arabia's exports of chemical industry and related products rose by 3% year-on-year (YoY) to nearly SAR 6.95 billion in March 2025.

 

Compared to March 2024, the chemicals exports increased by SAR 1.2 billion, or 20%.

 

Chemicals and related products made up 26% of March’s SAR 27 billion in non-oil exports.

 

 

India topped the list of chemicals importers from Saudi Arabia with nearly SAR 1.12 billion, accounting for 16% of the total exports of chemical products in March. China followed with 12%, as shown in the table below:

 

Top Saudi Importers in March (SAR mln) 

Country

Value

% to Total 

India

1115.9

16.1%

China

823.1

11.8%

Thailand

492.8

7.1%

Belgium

487.7

7.0%

UAE

369.7

5.3%

Brazil

349.1

5.0%

Djibouti

304.9

4.4%

Australia

300.9

4.3%

Singapore

267.4

3.8%

Turkey

266.6

3.8%

Other Countries

170.9

31.2%

Total

949.0

100.0%

 

Saudi Arabia’s imports of chemical industry and related products reached SAR 6.96 billion in March, up 4% YoY.

  

Chemical imports accounted for 9% of the total imports of SAR 74 billion, as shown in the following table:

 

Imports of Chemicals & Related Products (SAR mln)* 

Month 

2024

2025

Change (%) 

% of Total

January 

6176.6 

6248.7

+1%

8%

March

5849.2

6395.6

+9%

10%

March 

6665.7 

6955.4

+4%

9%

April 

6029.9

--

--

--

 May 

6918.0

--

--

--

June 

5807.3

--

--

--

July

7594.5

--

--

--

August 

6466.8

--

--

--

September

7250.8

--

--

--

October 

6536.6

--

--

--

November 

6382.8

--

--

--

December 

6687.4

--

--

--

*Data is periodically updated.

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