AlQadah 05, 1436 AH, August 20, 2015, SPA -- Saudi non-oil commodity exports value fell in June to a record of SR 15.38 billion compared to SR 19.5 billion for the same month last year, down SR 4.12 billion by 21.13%. In contrast, the value of the Kingdom's imports recorded during last June, were down by 9.92 percent to about SR 51.83 billion, a drop of SR 5.71 billion for the same month last year, which registered about SR 57.54 billion. The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics and Information for the month of June 2015, explained that the Kingdom's non-oil export commodity value has increased by 1.1% compared to the previous month May 2015, in which it registered about SR 15.2 billion, as the value of the Kingdom's imports recorded an increase of 0.2% compared to the previous month in which they recorded about SR 51.7 billion. The Director General of Economic Statistics in the Department of Statistics and Information Fauzan bin Othman Al-Fawzan explained that the Kingdom's exports of goods ratio of non-petroleum imports commodity exports cover non-petroleum imports amounted to 29.67% in June 2015, compared to 33.89% for the same month last year, but this ratio was higher than the previous month (May 2015), which recorded a 29.40%. --More 15:35 LOCAL TIME 12:35 GMT تغريد
