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Where does Saudi Arabia get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia imported $12.8 billion of refined petroleum products (18.2 million tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Egypt (37%), the United Arab Emirates (15%) and Russia (13%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 18th-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$12.8billion
Tonnes
18.2million tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
18th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Egypt4.7Tonnes: 6,710,290USD per tonne: $69836.7%Sea
United Arab Emirates1.9Tonnes: 2,526,792USD per tonne: $73614.6%Sea
Russia1.6Tonnes: 3,221,010USD per tonne: $50112.6%Sea
Oman1.3Tonnes: 1,466,240USD per tonne: $8629.9%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.81Tonnes: 1,132,708USD per tonne: $7156.3%Sea
Bahrain0.61Tonnes: 527,487USD per tonne: $1,1514.8%Sea
India0.34Tonnes: 394,557USD per tonne: $8672.7%Sea
Greece0.34Tonnes: 488,882USD per tonne: $6992.7%Sea
Italy0.24Tonnes: 361,241USD per tonne: $6681.9%Sea
Qatar0.14Tonnes: 221,556USD per tonne: $6251.1%Sea
Malaysia0.09Tonnes: 158,023USD per tonne: $5710.71%Sea
Brazil0.08Tonnes: 74,177USD per tonne: $1,0180.59%Sea
South Korea0.07Tonnes: 61,579USD per tonne: $1,1740.57%Sea
United States0.07Tonnes: 94,584USD per tonne: $7350.54%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.07Tonnes: 79,538USD per tonne: $8640.54%Sea
Bahamas0.07Tonnes: 150,134USD per tonne: $4540.53%Sea
Kuwait0.07Tonnes: 130,232USD per tonne: $5120.52%Sea
Kenya0.06Tonnes: 70,777USD per tonne: $8870.49%Sea
Turkey0.06Tonnes: 70,537USD per tonne: $8600.47%Sea
Gibraltar0.05Tonnes: 92,992USD per tonne: $5390.39%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Egypt has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Egypt 4.7
  • United Arab Emirates 1.9
  • Russia 1.6
  • Oman 1.3
  • Netherlands 0.81

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Egypt< 0.014.7
United Arab Emirates< 0.011.9
Russia01.6
Oman01.3
Netherlands< 0.010.81

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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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