Preface Introduction Total Exports Important Goods Materials GCC The Bases Used

     
 

The Bases Used in Compiling, Processing,

 Publishing of Exports’ Statistics

 
 

 
 

1 – Legal Basis :

       The statistics included in this publication are compiled, processed and published in

compliance with the General Statistics Law promulgated by the Royal Decree No.

       23 for 7-12-1379 H. Article 3 of the law stipulates that the Central Department of statistics and Information (CDSI) is entrusted with the task of holding commercial, economic, health, educational, industrial, financial or agricultural statistics as required. Article (2) of this Royal Degree  indicates that the CDSI is the sole official statistical reference authority in Saudi Arabia.

 

2 – Source of Information :

       The custom declarations of export provided by the Customs Department And the mineral products data provide by ministry of petroleum.

      All commodities, the data of which shown in these declarations are recorded by the CDSI. Regular meetings and continuous consultations are always held between the concerned divisions in both the CDSI and the Customs Department with aim at improving the flow of data from the customs centers to the Foreign Trade Division in the CDSI.

 

3 – Trade System :

     Central Dept. of statistics and information is collecting foreign trade statistics so it includes the kingdom’s export of all commodities goods.

   Those exported commodities and goods subjected to the necessary procedures. Therefore, this bulletin does not include some materials like commodities existing in the transit, banknote and so forth.

 

4 – Classification Of Commodities :

      The basic data on the foreign trade included in this bulletin are based on the 6-digit code of Harmonized System for classification of commodities under the Royal  Decree No. M 56 dated 19/10/1407 H . The current 6-digit code which was set forth by the Customs Cooperation Council has  been expanded to be the Kingdom’s present 8-digit code by virtue of the Decree of the Minister of Finance and National Economy 3/1805 dated 19/10/1410 H .

 

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 Chapters

Chapter Title

1 01 - 05

Live Animals; Animal Products

2 06 - 14

Vegetable Products

3 15

Animal and Vegetable fats; oils; wax and Their Products;

4 16 - 24

Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages and Vinegar; Tobacco

5 25 - 27

Mineral products.

6 28 - 38

Products of the chemical and Rubber and Articles thereof.

7 39 - 40

Artificial Resins, Rubber and Articles thereof.

8 41- 43

Raw Hides and skins, Leather, Furs and Articles Thereof; Suitcases; Handbags and Similar.

9 44 - 46

Wood and Articles of Wood Charcoal; Cork and Articles of Cork.

10 47 - 49

Paper-making Material; paper and Articles Thereof

11 50 - 63

Textiles and its Articles

12 64 - 67

Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Whips, Articles of Human Hair

13 68 - 70

Articles of  Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica, Ceramic Products and Glassware

14 71

Pearls , Precious and Semi-Precious, False Jewelry; Coins

15 72 - 83

Base Metals and its Articles.

16 84 - 85

Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof

17 86 - 89

Transport Equipment and Parts Thereof.

18 90 - 92

Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Clocks and Watches parts Thereof

19 93

Arms and Ammunition; Parts thereof.

20 94 - 96

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles.

21 97 - 98

Works of Arts, Collectors Pieces and Antiques; Goods are special provisions

 

5 –  Size Of Bulletin :

 In order to keep the bulletin published within a reasonable size, some limits were established  as following :

First : -  In the commodity table no.  ( 10 ),  a commodity’s value must be at least 10  million SR to be published as a separate line . Commodities falling below the 10  million SR are shown in an aggregated form at the end of the table listed as ( other Commodities)  . As for the sub-classifications of commodities within the country tables, a country must have at least one million SR to be published within an acceptable commodity.

Second: - The same is true for the country table no.  ( 13 )  -  ( 14 )  where a country must have one million SR to be published separately or it will be aggregated at the end of the tables titled :  ( other Countries) .  As for the sub-classification of commodities within the country table; the value of a sub-classification commodity must be at 500,000 SR so as to be published separately with a maximum of 20 top commodities. But the sub-classification commodity that is not meeting the 500,000 SR limit will be aggregated as “ other commodities “.

  

6 – Units of Measurement

 The amount of any commodity is expressed in terms of net weight. Yet, other commodities are shown in unit numbers as necessary, such as (sheep, cars and watches), in addition to their weights in kilograms. The value of these commodities is in Saudi Riyals.

  

7– The Most Important Definitions and Terminology Used in Exports’ Statistics:

  - National Exports :

According to foreign trade system, export means all goods commodities fully produced and manufactured in the country or those with some manufacturing modification having made on them ,that leads to change in their values and shapes and they are prepared for export outside the kingdom

 - Port of Exit :

It is the port through which commodities and goods actually leave it to the importing country.

  - Re Export

It means commodities and goods already imported after passing the customs clearance procedures. They are re-exported without any clear modification made on .them

  - Means of Transportation:

It indicates to the way of transport: by air, sea or land.

  - Country of Destination:

It is the country where the agricultural crops and animal products are produced, or the country

where the raw materials are extracted .

  - Statistical Indicator:

It is the substitution of the commodity description by digital codes so as to be classified in statistical formats prepared for this purpose and then in statistical tables to be used for all statistical purposes .  The statistical indicator used in the foreign trade statistics is the Harmonized System ( H.S. ) used in commodity classification .

  - Net Weight:

It means the total weight ( in KG ) of the commodity after excluding the wrapping and packing weight. For publishing purposes, net weight was measured in metric tons or thousand metric tons for some tables.

  - Value of Exports:

The value of Exports is calculated on F.O.B. basis. The value represents the cost, insurance, freight and other costs incurred until delivery of goods to the port of entry, apart from the customs dues.

 

8 – Sources of Changes

Foreign Trade data are subject to several changes which may arise from various sources . Among these are errors in the reporting and / or processing of information as to commodity classification, net weight, values and other statistical factors. The procedures used to compile these statistics include clerical and computer processing checks designed to protect the accuracy of the statistics to the fullest practicable extent. The foreign trade statistics may also experience changes in figures depending on the time at which the CDSI receives the data from the Customs Department. Sometimes, there is a delay in sending the data from the Customs ports for several reasons. However, these figures are corrected in the following publications issued by CDSI.

 

For Correspondence and inquiries, post the following address :

 

Central Department of Statistics and Information

Economic Statistics Department

Foreign Trade Statistics

P.O. BOX 3735,Riyadh 11481

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tel : (00966) (1) 4014138

Fax : (00966) (1) 4059493

 

The price of the Kingdom’s Export Statistics is ( 100 S.R. ) or the equivalent.

Remittance should be done by international money order or by a draft on a Saudi Arabian Bank.

 

The latest Export data can be found on the world wide web :

http://www.cdsi.gov.sa