TREE NEWS reports: Saudi Arabia’s oil export value fell 12.8% year-on-year to 59.888 billion riyals ($15.9 billion) in July, the lowest since May 2025, according to data released by the General Authority for Statistics on September 24. Total goods exports dropped 17.2% to 84.379 billion riyals ($22.4 billion), the lowest since June 2021, with oil’s share of exports slipping to 71% from 71.7% in June. July imports fell 15.4% to 70.015 billion riyals ($18.6 billion).
Saudi Arabia’s July Oil Export Value Falls to Lowest Since May 2025
AI take
The headline number is less telling than the mix: oil's share of exports barely moved even as the overall export base shrank, meaning the drop reflects weaker flows rather than a shift toward non-oil diversification. The sharper contraction in imports is the more interesting signal, since it points to softer domestic demand alongside the revenue squeeze. Whether that import weakness persists once oil revenue stabilises is the open question for anyone tracking the Kingdom's non-oil growth story.
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