Signal · Geopolitical Risk

‎Saudi non-oil exports fall 10% in June

Argaam - Main News Trade press Published 25th August 2026 Saudi Arabia

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‎<img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/504d60b1-e77f-4a95-9418-07260a0752e8.png" > Jeddah Islamic Port <hr>  <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" >Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports, including re-exports, fell 9.7% year-on-year (YoY) to around SAR 24.59 billion in June 2026, data from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed.</div> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" ></div> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"> The value of non-oil domestic exports reached approximately SAR 15.25 billion, or 62% of total non-oil exports, while re-exports totaled around SAR 9.33 billion, or 38% of total. Compared to May 2026, non-oil exports dropped by 4.6%, or SAR 1.18 billion. Non-oil exports accounted for about 28% of the Kingdom’s total exports of SAR 87.7 billion in June. Meanwhile, the exports of machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical equipment, and their parts accounted for 15.8%, or SAR 3.9 billion, of the total non-oil exports in June. Exports of chemical products totaled approximately SAR 4.73 billion. Exports of plastics, rubber, and articles thereof accounted for 20.7% of total non-oil exports in June, reaching around SAR 5.09 billion. Among customs ports for non-oil exports, Jeddah Islamic Port ranked first, with about SAR 7.8 billion, accounting for 31.9% of the Kingdom’s non-oil exports in June. It was followed by King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with SAR 2.42 billion, and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah with SAR 2.33 billion. Sea customs ports represented 51.6% of the total, while land and air customs ports accounted for 27.5% and 21.0%, respectively. </div>

Publication: Argaam - Main News · Trade Publication
Published: 25th August 2026
Original report: argaam.com

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Category: Geopolitical Risk
Geography: Saudi Arabia
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 25th August 2026 · 15:45

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (39.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (34.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.