Economical Profile
Currency (code): Saudi riyal (SAR)
GDP: 939.59 SR billion (2004 est.)
GDP per capita: $11,067 (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products
Exports - partners: US , Japan , South Korea , India, China , Singapore
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles
Imports - partners: US , Japan , Germany , China , UK, South Korea
Agriculture - products: weat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens, eggs, milk
Industries: crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic so soda), cement, construction, fertilizer, plastics, commercial ship repair, commercial aircraft repair
Source: The World Fact Book 2005 (www.cia.gov)/"The Saudi Economy in Figures: 1424/1425 AH (2004)", Ministry of Economy and Planning, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |