Saudi commodity exports down 3.2%

The value of exports of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013 amounted to (1,409,747) million Saudi riyals compared to (1,456,503) million for 2012, a decline of 46,754 million by 3,2%, while the weight exported amounted to 462,344 thousand tons compared to 467,012 thousand tons, down 4,668 tons. A report on the Kingdom's non-petroleum commodities exports and imports for 2013, which was issued by the Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), and a copy thereof was received by Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that exports of metal products came first in terms of value by 85,71 % of the total value of non-petroleum exports worth 1,208,318 million Saudi riyals and petrochemical products ranked second in terms of the relative importance worth of 69751 million riyals by 4,95 %. The report also pointed out that plastics and rubber and their products thereof ranked third place, by 4,56 % of the total exports worth 64,275 million riyals.