Country Profile Saudi Arabia Introduction
Location Area Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen 2,149,690 sq. km Capital Riyadh Population 28,571,770 (July 2017 est.) Official language: Arabic (official) Religions: Muslim official 90%, others Independence Day September 23, 1932 Ethnic Groups 90% 10% Arab Afro-Asian
Major Economic Indicators GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): Gross national savings: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Taxes and other revenues: Public debt: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Agriculture-products: Industries: $646.4 billion (2016 est.) 1.7% (2016 est.) $55,300 (2016 est.) 25.2% of GDP (2016 est.) Agriculture: 2.7% Industry: 43.4% Services: 54% (2016 est.) 3.5% (2016 est.) 21.7% of GDP (2016 est.) 22.3% of GDP (2016 est.) $535.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk Crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement, fertilizer, plastics, metals, commercial ship repair, commercial aircraft repair and construction.
Trade Export (Value: $183.6 billion (2016 est.) Export- partners: China 13.6%, Japan 11.3%, India 10.7%, US 9.8%, South Korea 9.1%, Singapore 4.7% (2016) Export- commodities: Petroleum and petroleum products 90% Import (Value: $127.8 billion (2016 est.) Import- partners: China 16.2%, US 15%, Germany 6.3%, Japan 5.3%, UAE 5%, South Korea 4.3% (2016) Import- commodities: Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles
Bilateral Trade with Pakistan Product code Product label Pakistan's exports to Saudi Arabia (US$ Thousand) 2014 2015 2016 'TOTAL All products 509,698.00 431,307.00 380,435.00 '10 Cereals 133,612.00 87,937.00 61,767.00 '02 Meat and edible meat offal 67,248.00 69,073.00 58,049.00 '63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn 55,539.00 49,162.00 42,917.00 clothing and worn textile articles; rags '22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 22,568.00 16,270.00 24,476.00 '09 Coffee, tea, mate and spices 21,465.00 21,053.00 21,346.00 '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or 12,422.00 12,954.00 17,464.00 melons '62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, 9,475.00 13,955.00 13,156.00 not knitted or crocheted '03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other 9,267.00 8,387.00 10,814.00 aquatic invertebrates '84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear 7,206.00 8,123.00 10,677.00 reactors, boilers; parts thereof '52 Cotton 15,903.00 13,154.00 10,558.00 '04 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; 6,456.00 10,832.00 10,123.00 edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere... '42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; 14,175.00 14,321.00 9,936.00 travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles... '61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, 8,678.00 11,552.00 7,686.00 knitted or crocheted '64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such 7,656.00 3,549.00 7,314.00 articles '17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 20,295.00 8,109.00 5,992.00 '76 Aluminum and articles thereof 6,969.00 7,563.00 5,570.00 '82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, 5,181.00 5,587.00 5,449.00 of base metal; parts thereof of base metal '85 Electrical machinery and equipment and 5,701.00 4,283.00 4,911.00 parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television... '74 Copper and articles thereof 5,409.00 4,664.00 4,471.00 '07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and 2,158.00 4,394.00 4,449.00 tubers '19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks' products 3,708.00 3,356.00 3,791.00
Product code Product label Pakistan's imports from Saudi Arabia (US$ Thousand) 2014 2015 2016 'TOTAL All products 4,417,354.00 3,006,751.00 1,843,133.00 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of '27 their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral... 3,211,566.00 1,716,832.00 894,588.00 '39 Plastics and articles thereof 554,179.00 501,963.00 470,293.00 '29 Organic chemicals 336,781.00 321,520.00 301,913.00 '31 Fertilizers 175,641.00 348,398.00 56,996.00 '89 Ships, boats and floating structures 21,999.00 5,098.00 28,137.00 '38 Miscellaneous chemical products 33,510.00 35,559.00 25,235.00 '76 Aluminum and articles thereof 4,264.00 10,136.00 10,375.00 '33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 6,962.00 6,730.00 9,764.00 '41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 12,996.00 8,531.00 7,131.00 '72 Iron and steel 4,423.00 1,766.00 4,938.00 '05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1,032.00 1,457.00 3,183.00 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and '32 their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other coloring... 5,816.00 2,991.00 2,939.00 '48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,694.00 4,240.00 2,802.00 Soap, organic surface-active agents, '34 washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial... 1,368.00 1,004.00 2,204.00 '51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 4,540.00 5,020.00 2,182.00 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; '04 edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere... 1,147.00 1,254.00 1,687.00 '84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof 2,506.00 1,540.00 1,517.00 '70 Glass and glassware 582.00 988.00 1,504.00 '96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 14,225.00 12,049.00 1,349.00 '56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,066.00 951.00 1,270.00 '57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 1,253.00 1,341.00 1,216.00 For more details: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/countryprofile/generalprofile/en- GB/682/index.html