Exports:
$165 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
Exports - partners:
US 16.4%, Japan 16.1%, South Korea 9.1%, China 6.9%, Singapore
5.1%, Taiwan 4.2% (2005)
Imports:
$44.93 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles,
textiles
Imports - partners:
US 13%, Germany 9.5%, Japan 7.9%, China 7.3%, France 4.7%, Italy
4.2% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$26.76 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$36.78 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
pledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction of Lebanon;
since 2000, Saudi Arabia has committed $307 million for assistance
to the Palestinians; pledged $230 million to development in
Afghanistan; pledged $1 billion in export guarantees and soft loans
to Iraq; pledged $133 million in direct grant aid, $187 million in
concessional loans, and $153 million in export credits for Pakistan
earthquake relief
Currency (code):
Saudi riyal (SAR)