Top 5 Customs Ports for Imports

2016

Indicators Top 5 Customs Ports for Imports 2016

Imports by Customs Port Merchandise imports of the Kingdom of amounted to 525.6 billion riyals in 2016. 185.4 billion riyals of imports, corresponding to 35.3% of the total, entered the Kingdom from Islamic Port. Among the other major ports of entry for the imports were King Abdulaziz Port in (20.8%), King Khaled International Airport in (9.2%), Batha (8.0%), and King Adulaziz International Airport in Jeddah (6.4%). Those 5 ports together accounted for 79.7% of the total merchandise imports of the Kingdom.

Imports by Customs Port

Share in Imports Total Imports (Million Riyals) (%) Change Rank Customs Port 2015 2016 2015 2016 (%)

1 231,819 185,430 20.0▼ 35.4 35.3

2 King Abdulaziz Port, Dammam 133,766 109,556 18.1▼ 20.4 20.8

3 King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh 60,322 48,418 19.7▼ 9.2 9.2

4 Batha 50,963 41,842 17.9▼ 7.8 8.0

5 King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah 52,049 33,888 34.9▼ 7.9 6.4

Other 126,114 106,502 15.6▼ 19.3 20.3

Total 655,033 525,636 19.8▼ 100.0 100.0

Source: GaStat

Top 5 Customs Ports for Imports (Share in Total, %)

2015 2016

20.8

20.4

King

Abdulaziz 35.4 35.3 Port,

Dammam

9.2 9.2

8.0

7.8

King Khalid 7.9

6.4 International King Abdulaziz Airport, Riyadh International Batha Airport, Jeddah

Jeddah Islamic Port

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Metadata Top 5 Customs Ports for Imports

Definition: This indicator shows the most important ports of entry (customs ports) for imports of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Concepts and definitions:

Selection of Ports: The top 5 customs ports for imports are those with the highest values of imports, determined by ranking all ports in descending order based on their import values for the period under consideration.

Imports: Imports refer to all goods entering the country after passing through the customs procedures to meet its local needs. Valuation is on Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF) basis.

Data Frequency: Annual

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