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Where does Saudi Arabia get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia imported $1.7 billion of solar panels and cells (495 thousand tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. China sold 99% of the total, followed by the United States (0.3%) and the United Kingdom (0.1%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 13th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
495thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
13th
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
China1.7Tonnes: 494,026USD per tonne: $3,47599.3%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 969USD per tonne: $4,7220.26%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $264,0220.08%Air
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 90USD per tonne: $11,4520.06%Land
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $95,4280.05%Air
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $28,5960.04%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $331,1960.03%Air
Austria< 0.01Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $25,9830.02%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $147,6450.01%Air
France< 0.01Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $9,9590.01%Sea
Jordan< 0.01Tonnes: 78USD per tonne: $2,6910.01%Land
Bulgaria< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $134,3180.01%Air
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $9,0050.01%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $3,7100.01%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 87USD per tonne: $1,7760.01%Sea
Romania< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $89,1620.01%Air
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $13,5230.01%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $56,4180.01%Air
India< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $86,5830.01%Air
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $2,3380.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2015

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

  • China 1.7
  • United States < 0.01
  • United Kingdom < 0.01
  • United Arab Emirates < 0.01
  • Turkey < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011.7
United States< 0.01< 0.01
United Kingdom< 0.01< 0.01
United Arab Emirates0< 0.01
Turkey0< 0.01

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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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