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Continent: Asia, Region: Middle East
Population as of 2020: 34.8 million 41 of 193
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Nominal G.D.P. in 2024: $1.24 trillion 18 of 193
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Reported merchandise exports in 2024: $305.50 billion. 23 of 193
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(reported oil-inclusive merchandise export series, including re-exports; destination-country allocation is incomplete)
Calendar-year 2024 goods exports, excluding services. Amounts are nominal U.S. dollars, with no inflation adjustment. Export values are free on board (FOB).
Top Exports
Top 20 export categories within this reported series, 2024
Ranked by export value within the stated series coverage. Unspecified commodities are included when ranked.
| Rank | Item | Dollar amount | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crude petroleum oils | $179.49 billion | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 2 | Refined petroleum oils and preparations | $38.60 billion | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 3 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | $9.97 billion | Plastics and plastic articles |
| 4 | Telephone sets and other communications apparatus | $6.58 billion | Electrical machinery and equipment |
| 5 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | $4.99 billion | Plastics and plastic articles |
| 6 | Acyclic alcohols and derivatives | $4.54 billion | Organic chemicals |
| 7 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | $3.92 billion | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 8 | Compound and other fertilizers, including fertilizers in small packages | $3.34 billion | Fertilizers |
| 9 | Vessels; other, including warships and lifeboats, other than rowing boats | $3.21 billion | Ships and boats |
| 10 | Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms | $2.91 billion | Ships and boats |
| 11 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | $2.43 billion | Organic chemicals |
| 12 | Gold, unwrought or semi-manufactured, and gold powder | $1.77 billion | Precious metals, stones and jewellery |
| 13 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | $1.67 billion | Organic chemicals |
| 14 | Nitrogenous fertilizers | $1.62 billion | Fertilizers |
| 15 | Copper; waste and scrap | $1.38 billion | Copper and copper articles |
| 16 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents | $1.13 billion | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 17 | Tugs and pusher craft | $1.10 billion | Ships and boats |
| 18 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | $1.08 billion | Plastics and plastic articles |
| 19 | Passenger cars and other passenger motor vehicles | $1.05 billion | Road vehicles and parts |
| 20 | Precious-metal jewellery and parts | $932.68 million | Precious metals, stones and jewellery |
10 largest disclosed destination economies, 2024
(Ranking covers disclosed flows only; 73.31% of this series is assigned to unspecified areas rather than individual destination economies. Those values remain in the total. The complete national destination order is not established.)
| Rank | Country | Dollar amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $18.75 billion |
| 2 | China | $7.48 billion |
| 3 | India | $6.39 billion |
| 4 | Bahrain | $3.19 billion |
| 5 | Singapore | $3.09 billion |
| 6 | Turkey | $3.01 billion |
| 7 | United States (including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) | $2.82 billion |
| 8 | Egypt | $2.61 billion |
| 9 | Belgium | $2.46 billion |
| 10 | Jordan | $2.13 billion |
