The value of the Kingdom's non-petroleum commodity exports fell in August 2015 to record SR (14875) million compared to SR (18368) million for the same month last year, a decrease of SR (3493) million by (19.02%). The value of the Kingdom's imports also recorded during the month of August a decrease of (10.98%) to record about SR (54270) million, a drop of SR (6692) million for the same month of last year, which recorded SR (60962) million. The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics and Information for the month of August 2015, explained that the Kingdom's exports of non-oil commodities registered a rise of 1% compared to the previous month of July 2015, which recorded SR (14506) million, while the value of the Kingdom's imports recorded a rise of (17.82%) compared to the previous month, which recorded SR (44597) million. On the geographical distribution of exports of Saudi non-oil goods, the report pointed out that exports to the Group of non-Arab and non-Islamic Asian States, which come at the forefront of groups as for the exports had registered a decline of 28% to record SR (4472) million in August 2015 compared to SR (6210) million in August 2014. Exports to European Union countries declined by (19.20%) to record SR (1757) million, while the GCC exports fell by (0.20%) to record SR (3759) million. The United Arab Emirates, China, Singapore, India and Egypt, formed the five most important countries for exports, where they formed (40.68%) of the total non-oil commodity exports compared to (37.39%) in August 2014. China, the United States of America, Germany, South Korea and Japan accounted for the largest five countries for imports by (46.41%) compared to (45.22%) in August 2014. The report indicated that imports from Japan had the lowest rate at (16.5%), and imports from Germany declined by (14.5%), while imports from South Korea rose by (1.80%) of the total of imports.
