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Saudi domestic non-oil exports rose 8.5% in August
In August 2026, Saudi Arabia’s domestic non-oil exports rose 8.5% from a year earlier.
These are goods produced in Saudi Arabia, excluding oil and re-exported goods, and their value reached about 18.3 billion riyals.
Total merchandise exports still fell 11.5% year on year, mainly because oil exports declined.
Re-exported goods also dropped sharply, while plastics and rubber made up the largest share of non-oil exports.
The trade picture differed by comparison: exports rose 3.3% from July and the surplus widened that month, but the surplus was down 21% compared with August 2025.
The United Arab Emirates was Saudi Arabia’s largest export destination, followed by South Korea and India.
The figures are preliminary, and the data do not say what will happen to exports in the coming months.
Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports, including re-exports, reached 26.2 billion riyals in August, their highest level in four months.
Domestic non-oil exports, excluding re-exports, were about 18.3 billion riyals, their highest monthly value so far in 2026.
Domestic non-oil exports rose 8.5% year on year, while total non-oil exports including re-exports fell 9.1%.
Overall merchandise exports rose 3.3% from July but were 11.5% lower than a year earlier.
The August 2026 statistics were preliminary.
- Who
- Saudi Arabia.
- What
- Non-oil exports reached a four-month high in August. Domestic non-oil exports also rose year on year.
- When
- August 2026.
- Where
- Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- The monthly increase in merchandise exports was driven mainly by domestic non-oil exports.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Saudi merchandise exports were lower than in August, which saw a 3.3% monthly increase.
Non-oil exports including re-exports reached 26.2 billion riyals, their highest level in four months.
Saudi Gazette and Al Eqtisadiah published reports on the August trade figures.
- Non-oil exports including re-exports
- 26.2 billion riyals
- Domestic non-oil exports
- About 18.3 billion riyals
- Domestic non-oil exports, year-on-year change
- Up 8.5%
- Overall merchandise exports, year-on-year change
- Down 11.5%
- Largest non-oil export category
- Plastics, rubber and their products; 22.6% of the total