Non-oil exports of Saudi Arabia vaulted 26.8 percent to SR23 billion in August, compared to SR18.1 billion in the same period of last year.
According to date posted by General Authority for Statistics, growth was driven mainly by higher exports of plastics and chemicals, which surged by 56.6 percent and 66.2 percent year-on-year, accordingly.
Non-oil exports including re-exports increased from 18.9 billion riyals in July 2021 by 1.9 billion riyals or 8.9 percent.