Economical
Profile
Currency (code): Saudi riyal (SAR) GDP:
$340.5 billion (2005 est.) GDP per capita: $12,900 (2005
est.) Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum
products Exports - partners: US , Japan , South Korea ,
China , Taiwan , Singapore Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor
vehicles, textiles Imports - partners: US , Japan ,
Germany , China , UK 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) |