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The most important goods exported from the Kingdom during the period 2014 - 2017 (1) Values of Important Exported Commodities ) SAR m .( Million riyals M Products 2014 2015 2016 2017 Percentage change % 1 Mineral Products 1068088 574677 512216 640010 24.9 2 Chemical and Plastic Products 143893 115235 104972 117078 11.5 3 Base metals and articles of base Metal 14128 13845 13076 14980 14.5 4 Foodstuffs 13405 13611 13544 13279 5 Electrical machines, equipments & tools 3110 3573 3391 3260 6 Pearls; and Precious Stones 3052.3 2599.1 4,547 4,021 7 Paper and Paperboard, Articles Thereof 3275.0 2961.4 2705.8 2553 8 Other exports 11095 10159 11382 10929 9 Re – Exports 30403 32213 29843 32346 Total merchandise exports 1284122 763313 688423 831881 Non - oil exports 222361.3 Non - oil exports to total exports ) 1 ( Source: Department of Statistics and Information, the Ministry of Economy and Planning Goods exported from the Kingdom to the Gulf Cooperation Council states in 2017 Exports (value thousand riyals) United Arab Emirates Oman Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Total Agricultural products and animal 1385 571 304 431 768 Industrial products 4682 452 169 260 500 Mineral products 27152 420 200 15941 469 Total Ratio to the total Re - export (value thousand riyals) United Arab Emirates Oman Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Total Agricultural products and animal Industrial products Natural resources Total Ratio to the total Total exports Ratio to the total Goods exported from the Kingdom to the Gulf Cooperation Council states in 2017 ا co de Country Groups 2016 2017 % 1 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 48589 49978 3 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 25925.5 30276.4 17 - BAHRAIN 6074.3 6052.3 0.4 2 ARAB LEAGUE: 23409 23619 0.9 - JORDAN 4761.2 4680.9 2 - EGYPT 5925.6 5322.8 10 3 ISLAMIC COUNTRIES: 19126 20100 5 - INDONESIA 2040.7 1651.4 19 - PAKISTAN 2807.7 3525.6 26 4 ISIAN COUNTRIES: 326920 394555 21 - JAPAN 2650.4 3743.2 41 - SOUTH KOREA 2628.0 2856.2 9 5 AFIRICAN COUNTRIES: 3491 3971 14 - SOUTH AFRICAN 1118.0 1562.7 40 - KENYA 954.3 916.4 4 6 AUSTRALIA AND Oceania 1574 1783 13 - AUSTRALIA 1201.7 1383.8 15 - NEW ZEALANDA 371.5 398.5 7 7 NORTH AMERICA 6203 6087 2 - USA 5932.8 5744.8 3 - CANADA 270.5 342.2 27 8 SOUTH AMERICA 3233 2463 24 - BRAZIL 1568.1 1286.1 18 - MEXICO 359.2 67.7 81 9 EUROPE 1276 1729 36 - NETHERLANDS 1573.3 2485.4 58 - ITALY 20145 19359 4 10 Not Defined 0 0 0 total 520128.8 595940.4 Source: Department of Statistics and Information year Agriculture and animal production Chemicals and Plastics Other industrial products total Ratio of financing to total non - oil exports 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Detailed data for the years 2016 and 2017 to the terms of the private sector exports financed by commercial banks * According to the sectoral division General Funded for exports 2016 Funded for exports 20 17 Exports Funding Centennial share Funding Centennial share The annual rate of change Agriculture and livestock production Chemicals and plastics Other industrial products Total To the ratio of total non - oil exports Source - Report of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency . Financed by commercial banks exports by geographical division in the years 2016 and 2017 General / Exports Cooperati on Council Arab countries North Amarica Latin america Western Europe European countries Others Other countries Total Financed exports in 2016 % Of the total Financed exports in 2017 % Of the total The annual rate of change Other countries include Asian and African non - Arab Muslim countries and non - Muslim countries and other countries . * Source - massh Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency . ……………….