Qatari relations enjoy great interest within the two countries' approach to closer brotherhood and co-existence under the GCC's umbrella. The two brotherly countries seek to increase the volume of trade exchange, where the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the most important trading partner for the State of Qatar with a total volume of trade exchange amounted to 8.2 billion Qatari riyals in 2013, and increased to 8.4 billion Qatari riyals in 2014, as a result of the consolidation of economic relations between the two fraternal countries.