s:

$226.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

petroleum and petroleum products 90%

Exports - partners:

US 17.1%, Japan 16.3%, South Korea 9.7%, China 8.1%, Taiwan 4.7%,
Singapore 4% (2007)

Imports:

$82.64 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles,
textiles

Imports - partners:

US 12.6%, China 9.4%, Germany 8.8%, Japan 8.1%, Italy 5%, South
Korea 4.9%, UK 4.5% (2007)

Economic aid - donor:

since 2002, Saudi Arabia has provided more than $480 million in
budgetary support to the Palestinian Authority, supported
Palestinian refugees through contributions to the UN Relief and
Works Agency (UNRWA), provided more than $250 million to Arab League
funds for the Palestinians, and pledged $500 million in assistance
over the next three years at the Donors Conference in Dec 2007;
pledged $230 million to development in Afghanistan; pledged $1
billion in export guarantees and soft loans to Iraq; pledged $133
million in direct grant aid, $187 million in concessional loans, and
$153 million in export credits for Pakistan earthquake relief;
pledged a total of $1.59 billion to Lebanon in assistance and
deposits to the Central Bank of Lebanon in 2006 and pledged an
additional $1.1 billion in early 2007

Economic aid - recipient:

$26.29 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$34.01 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$58.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

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Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

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Market value of publicly traded shares:

$326.9 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

Saudi riyal (SAR)

Currency code:

SAR

Exchange rates:

Saudi riyals (SAR) per US dollar - 3.745 (2007), 3.745 (2006), 3.747
(2005), 3.75 (2004), 3.75 (2003)

Communications
Saudi Arabia

Telephones - main lines in use:

3.996 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

28.381 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and
fiber-optic cable systems; mobile-cellular subscribership has been
increasing rapidly
international: country code - 966; landing point for the
international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe
(FLAG) and for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable
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