🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia exports of pasta: 2024 trade data
In 2024, Saudi Arabia exported pasta worth $395.7 million (206.3 thousand tonnes). That makes it the 10th largest exporter of this product worldwide, out of 189 countries. Value rose 7% on 2023. Over 2017-2024 the trade grew strongly, by about 40% a year on average.
Public statistics, latest reported year 2024. Values in US dollars.
Exports of pasta by year, 2017-2024
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Year by year
| Year | Value | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $395.7M | 206.3K t |
| 2023 | $368.5M | 183.3K t |
| 2022 | $313.1M | 161.6K t |
| 2021 | $254.5M | 135.5K t |
| 2020 | $90.0M | 39.3K t |
| 2019 | $78.9M | 39.0K t |
| 2018 | $62.3M | 28.8K t |
| 2017 | $38.3M | 18.1K t |
Where Saudi Arabia exports pasta to
Most of it went to Iraq (40%), Yemen (12%), United Arab Emirates (10%). Among the main buyer markets, Qatar grew fastest, more than tenfold on the year before.
| Destination | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | $159.7M | 40% |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | $48.8M | 12% |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | $39.2M | 9.9% |
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | $32.1M | 8.1% |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | $25.5M | 6.4% |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | $24.3M | 6.1% |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | $20.9M | 5.3% |
| 🇵🇸 Palestine | $14.0M | 3.6% |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | $10.3M | 2.6% |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | $8.3M | 2.1% |
Types of pasta under HS 1902
| 1902.11 | Food preparations: pasta, containing eggs, uncooked, not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 57% |
| 1902.19 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 37% |
| 1902.30 | Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | 5.2% |
| 1902.20 | Food preparations: pasta, stuffed (with meat or other substances), whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | 0.5% |
| 1902.40 | Food preparations: couscous | 0% |
Codes and full descriptions: HS heading 1902.
Average export price of pasta
The average declared value was about $1.92 per kg, close to the world average of $1.89.
Declared value divided by weight, all 2024 shipments. Prices per shipment and per company are in EximDataX.
Saudi Arabia also imports pasta
Imports of pasta by Saudi Arabia reached $146.4 million in 2024 (102.8 thousand tonnes). Its share of world imports was 1%. The largest suppliers were Italy (28%), United Arab Emirates (12%), Kuwait (11%). Among the main suppliers, Egypt grew fastest (+354% on the year before).
| Supplier country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italy | $41.3M | 28% |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | $17.1M | 12% |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | $15.8M | 11% |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | $14.0M | 9.6% |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | $12.3M | 8.4% |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | $7.8M | 5.3% |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | $6.0M | 4.1% |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | $3.7M | 2.5% |
| 🇺🇸 United States | $3.4M | 2.3% |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | $3.1M | 2.1% |
Who is behind these numbers in Saudi Arabia?
Public statistics stop at country totals and the last published year. EximDataX shows the shipment records underneath: the companies, dates, quantities and declared values, updated weekly.
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Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it.
Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Annual values in US dollars at the customs border; quantities in tonnes where reported. HS 1902: Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared.
Pasta trade in Saudi Arabia: questions
What is the value of pasta imported by Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia imported pasta worth $146.4 million in 2024 (102.8 thousand tonnes).
Where does Saudi Arabia import pasta from?
The main supplier countries in 2024 were Italy (28%), United Arab Emirates (12%), Kuwait (11%).
What is the average import price of pasta in Saudi Arabia?
The average declared import value was about $1.42 per kg in 2024, against a world average of $1.89 per kg.
Does Saudi Arabia export pasta?
Yes. Saudi Arabia exported pasta worth $395.7 million in 2024, mainly to Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates.
What is the HS code for pasta?
Pasta falls under HS heading 1902 (Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, no). The six-digit codes under it split the product by type.
How can I find the companies trading pasta with Saudi Arabia?
These public statistics stop at country level. EximDataX builds Saudi Arabia trade from the records of its trading partners, updated weekly, so you can see who ships this product there.
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