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Who buys Saudi Arabia’s fertilizers? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported $5 billion of fertilizers (10.5 million tonnes), 5.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were India (28%), the United States (16%) and Brazil (10%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$5billion
Tonnes
10.5million tonnes
Share of world total
5.2%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India1.4Tonnes: 2,678,181USD per tonne: $52028.1%Sea
United States0.8Tonnes: 1,533,715USD per tonne: $52016.1%Sea
Brazil0.48Tonnes: 999,791USD per tonne: $4769.6%Sea
Australia0.46Tonnes: 1,015,529USD per tonne: $4539.3%Sea
Thailand0.44Tonnes: 1,273,378USD per tonne: $3499%Sea
Bangladesh0.41Tonnes: 930,000USD per tonne: $4468.4%Sea
Pakistan0.22Tonnes: 401,085USD per tonne: $5414.4%Sea
South Africa0.13Tonnes: 343,966USD per tonne: $3912.7%Sea
New Zealand0.13Tonnes: 315,069USD per tonne: $4092.6%Sea
Kenya0.09Tonnes: 171,113USD per tonne: $5431.9%Sea
Tanzania0.07Tonnes: 143,352USD per tonne: $5191.5%Sea
Mozambique0.04Tonnes: 71,405USD per tonne: $5410.78%Sea
South Korea0.04Tonnes: 100,976USD per tonne: $3700.75%Sea
Malawi0.03Tonnes: 31,657USD per tonne: $8210.52%Sea
Bulgaria0.02Tonnes: 70,000USD per tonne: $3520.5%Sea
Iraq0.02Tonnes: 44,054USD per tonne: $5540.49%Sea
Philippines0.02Tonnes: 54,028USD per tonne: $3810.42%Sea
Sri Lanka0.02Tonnes: 49,331USD per tonne: $4080.41%Sea
Zambia0.02Tonnes: 25,953USD per tonne: $6970.36%Sea
Jordan0.02Tonnes: 46,775USD per tonne: $3860.36%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2012

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • India 1.4
  • United States 0.8
  • Brazil 0.48
  • Australia 0.46
  • Thailand 0.44

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India0.131.4
United States0.050.8
Brazil< 0.010.48
Australia0.040.46
Thailand0.050.44

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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