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Who buys Saudi Arabia’s urea? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported $1.6 billion of urea (4.5 million tonnes), 7.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Thailand (23%), Australia (14%) and Bangladesh (13%). Saudi Arabia was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of urea.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
4.5million tonnes
Share of world total
7.9%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand366Tonnes: 1,149,997USD per tonne: $31822.8%Sea
Australia221Tonnes: 598,136USD per tonne: $36913.7%Sea
Bangladesh207Tonnes: 570,000USD per tonne: $36412.9%Sea
India190Tonnes: 525,459USD per tonne: $36211.8%Sea
United States162Tonnes: 485,777USD per tonne: $33310.1%Sea
New Zealand114Tonnes: 289,877USD per tonne: $3937.1%Sea
South Africa104Tonnes: 290,494USD per tonne: $3586.5%Sea
Brazil83.2Tonnes: 249,761USD per tonne: $3335.2%Sea
South Korea28.4Tonnes: 77,976USD per tonne: $3641.8%Sea
Philippines20.6Tonnes: 54,028USD per tonne: $3811.3%Sea
Sri Lanka20.1Tonnes: 49,331USD per tonne: $4081.3%Sea
Malawi19.1Tonnes: 25,381USD per tonne: $7511.2%Sea
Zambia16.8Tonnes: 24,513USD per tonne: $6851%Sea
Mozambique13.2Tonnes: 27,750USD per tonne: $4750.82%Sea
Kenya11.8Tonnes: 28,543USD per tonne: $4120.73%Sea
Japan7Tonnes: 15,011USD per tonne: $4680.44%Sea
Jordan6.9Tonnes: 18,550USD per tonne: $3710.43%Sea
Iraq3.9Tonnes: 10,073USD per tonne: $3890.24%Sea
Spain2.1Tonnes: 5,504USD per tonne: $3890.13%Sea
Tanzania2.1Tonnes: 6,461USD per tonne: $3180.13%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Thailand has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Thailand 366
  • Australia 221
  • Bangladesh 207
  • India 190
  • United States 162

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand33366
Australia26.9221
Bangladesh0207
India64.5190
United States35.1162

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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