Shipped Where
Imported from Saudi Arabia, 2025
$10.5 billion
Share of all US imports
0.3%
Rank among sources
#38 of 218
Arrived by ship
97%

Saudi Arabia is the 38th largest source of US imports: $10.5 billion in 2025.

That is 0.3% of everything the US imported. The top product line is crude oil, followed by gasoline & refined fuels and cyclic hydrocarbons. Down from 19th in 2015.

What the US buys from Saudi Arabia

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Crude oil$6.9B · 65.4%
  2. 02Gasoline & refined fuels$1.7B · 16.0%
  3. 03Cyclic hydrocarbons$368M · 3.5%
  4. 04Mineral or chemical fertilizers with two of the three fertilizer$333M · 3.2%
  5. 05Aluminum plates, sheets and strip, over 0.2 mm thick$230M · 2.2%
  6. 06Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous$106M · 1.0%
  7. 07Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap$50.2M · 0.5%
  8. 08Oxygen-function amino-compounds$48M · 0.5%
All 24 products from Saudi Arabia
  1. 09Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar$35M · 0.3%
  2. 10Acyclic and cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides$29.5M · 0.3%
  3. 11Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn$25.8M · 0.2%
  4. 12Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated$25.5M · 0.2%
  5. 13Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples, and similar articles$24.5M · 0.2%
  6. 14Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastics$23.6M · 0.2%
  7. 15Cement$23.3M · 0.2%
  8. 16Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms$22.7M · 0.2%
  9. 17Made-up articles of textile materials not elsewhere specified$19.4M · 0.2%
  10. 18Shrimp, crab and other crustaceans$18.6M · 0.2%
  11. 19Synthetic rubber and factice in primary forms etc.$17.9M · 0.2%
  12. 20Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal$16.6M · 0.2%
  13. 21Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, except self-adhesive$16.1M · 0.2%
  14. 22Flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products, 600 mm or more wide$14.3M · 0.1%
  15. 23Glass containers used for the conveyance or packing of goods$13.5M · 0.1%
  16. 24Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated$13.2M · 0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export.

Saudi Arabia's rank among US import sources

Where Saudi Arabia placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010: 12th
  2. 2015: falls to 19th
  3. 2020: falls to 34th
  4. 2022: rises to 22nd
  5. 2025: falls to 38th

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Saudi Arabia, 2025. Letters match the list.

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97% of goods from Saudi Arabia arrived by ship. Port Arthur, TX handled 31% on its own.

  1. APort Arthur, TX $3.2B · 30.7%
  2. BPhiladelphia, PA $1.9B · 17.8%
  3. CRichmond, CA $1.6B · 15.2%
  4. DHouston, TX $1.0B · 9.8%
  5. ENewark, NJ $539M · 5.1%
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $362M · 3.5%

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