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Trade between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia

In 2024, Indonesia exported $3.7 billion to Saudi Arabia and imported $4.2 billion. Indonesia ran a deficit of $555 million with Saudi Arabia, compared with a deficit of $842 million in 2019. Saudi Arabia was Indonesia’s 14th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Indonesia was Saudi Arabia’s 17th (1%).

Summary

Indonesia → Saudi Arabia
$3.7billion
Saudi Arabia → Indonesia
$4.2billion
Indonesia’s balance
-$555million

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with Saudi Arabia

Trade between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia grew 5.3-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Indonesia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 3.7
  • Imports 4.2
  • Balance -0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$509 million$962 million-$454 million
1996$585 million$667 million-$82 million
1997$464 million$588 million-$124 million
1998$516 million$526 million-$10 million
1999$525 million$971 million-$445 million
2000$640 million$1.6 billion-$971 million
2001$563 million$1.3 billion-$760 million
2002$549 million$1.1 billion-$558 million
2003$508 million$1.5 billion-$996 million
2004$550 million$2 billion-$1.4 billion
2005$731 million$2.7 billion-$2 billion
2006$947 million$3.4 billion-$2.4 billion
2007$1.4 billion$3.4 billion-$2 billion
2008$1.7 billion$4.8 billion-$3.2 billion
2009$1.4 billion$3.1 billion-$1.8 billion
2010$1.5 billion$4.4 billion-$2.8 billion
2011$1.9 billion$5.4 billion-$3.5 billion
2012$2.6 billion$5.2 billion-$2.7 billion
2013$2.7 billion$6.6 billion-$3.8 billion
2014$3 billion$6.5 billion-$3.6 billion
2015$3.1 billion$3.5 billion-$369 million
2016$1.9 billion$2.9 billion-$1 billion
2017$2 billion$3.2 billion-$1.2 billion
2018$1.6 billion$5 billion-$3.3 billion
2019$2.8 billion$3.6 billion-$842 million
2020$2.2 billion$2.6 billion-$422 million
2021$2 billion$4 billion-$2 billion
2022$3.4 billion$5.5 billion-$2.2 billion
2023$3.4 billion$4.1 billion-$669 million
2024$3.7 billion$4.2 billion-$555 million

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to Saudi Arabia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Palm oil$801 million · 21.9%
    712 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. Cars$696 million · 19%
    82 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  3. Warships and other vessels$380 million · 10.4%
    31 thousand tonnes
  4. Prepared fish and caviar$158 million · 4.3%
    31 thousand tonnes
  5. 6 thousand tonnes
  6. Plywood$99 million · 2.7%
    72 thousand tonnes
  7. Large-diameter steel pipes$79 million · 2.2%
    18 thousand tonnes
  8. Sauces and condiments$66 million · 1.8%
    23 thousand tonnes
  9. Wood charcoal$63 million · 1.7%
    84 thousand tonnes
  10. 94 thousand tonnes

What Saudi Arabia sells to Indonesia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Crude petroleum$2.1 billion · 48.7%
    3.4 million tonnes · Saudi Arabia’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$825 million · 19.6%
    1.2 million tonnes · Saudi Arabia’s destinations
  3. Natural gas and LPG$382 million · 9.1%
    613 thousand tonnes
  4. Alcohols$215 million · 5.1%
    407 thousand tonnes
  5. Sulfur$129 million · 3.1%
    971 thousand tonnes
  6. Polyethylene$123 million · 2.9%
    117 thousand tonnes · Saudi Arabia’s destinations
  7. 1.1 million tonnes
  8. Polypropylene$66 million · 1.6%
    63 thousand tonnes · Saudi Arabia’s destinations
  9. Warships and other vessels$47 million · 1.1%
    10 thousand tonnes
  10. Catalysts$37 million · 0.88%
    51 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Jeddah.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Jeddah is 4,936 nautical miles (9,142 km) long: ≈ 11.5–14.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$7.8 billion · 98.6%
  2. Air$112 million · 1.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Saudi Arabia was Indonesia’s 14th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Indonesia was Saudi Arabia’s 17th (1%).

Saudi Arabia in Indonesia’s trade
1.5%
Saudi Arabia’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
14th
Indonesia in Saudi Arabia’s trade
1.5%
Indonesia’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
17th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.