Exports from countries in the Middle East totaled US$1.293 trillion for 2018. That dollar amount reflects a -12.2% decline since 2014 when shipments for the Middle East aggregation totaled an estimated $1.474 trillion. Year over year, the value of exports from the Middle East increased by 16% from 2017 to 2018. In comparison, global exports […]
Saudi Arabia’s Top 10 Exports
July 23, 2019 by
Situated on the Arabian Peninsula within Western Asia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shipped US$294.5 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a -13.9% reduction since 2014 but a 33.8% uptick from 2017 to 2018. The latest data prorated from 2018 shows that roughly two-thirds (65.4%) of products exported […]
Iran’s Top 10 Imports
July 20, 2019 by
Iranian imports amounted to US$41.2 billion in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a -21.1% decrease since 2014 and a -20.1% dip from 2017 to 2018. Officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Middle Eastern country is sometimes referred to as Persia. Given Iran’s population of 83 million people, its total $41.2 billion in 2018 imports […]
Bahrain’s Top 10 Exports
July 19, 2019 by
A tiny constitutional monarchy located in the Persian Gulf, the Kingdom of Bahrain shipped an estimated US$17.9 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a -24.8% decline since 2014 but a 19.7% increase from 2017 to 2018. The latest available country-specific prorated data from 2018 shows that 54.4% of […]
UAE’s Top 10 Exports
July 18, 2019 by
A federation of 7 Western Asian emirates covering the south end of the Arabian Peninsula in the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates shipped US$316.9 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a 1.1% uptick from 2017 to 2018 but a -16.7% decline since 2014. The latest available country-specific […]
Iran’s Top 10 Exports
July 17, 2019 by
Sharing its eastern borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran shipped US$96.6 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a 7% increase since 2014 and a 5.3% gain from 2017 to 2018. The latest available country-specific data shows that 60.5% of products exported from Iran were […]
Turkey’s Top 10 Exports
July 15, 2019 by
Turkey shipped US$168 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2018, up by 6.6% since 2014 and up by 7% from 2017 to 2018. From a continental perspective, 57% of Turkish exports by value are delivered to European countries while 24.9% are sold to Asian importers. Turkey ships another 8.4% worth of goods to […]
Oman’s Top 10 Exports
July 10, 2019 by
An Arab country on the Arabian Peninsula’s southeastern coast, the Sultanate of Oman shipped an estimated US$36.9 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2018. That dollar amount reflects a -27.2% decline since 2014 but a 27.6% upturn from 2017 to 2018. The latest available country-specific data from 2016 shows that 77.4% of products […]
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