# Qatar exports to Saudi Arabia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Qatar to Saudi Arabia, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/QAT-SAU/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Qatar reported $678.2M in goods exports to Saudi Arabia. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $678.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 42.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 28 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 23.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271012 | Not reported | $10.5B | 33.3% | Watch |
| 2 | 870324 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 3000cc | $2.5B | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 890400 | Tugs and pusher craft | $62.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | $329.9M | 13.1% | Watch |
| 5 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $69.7M | 82.3% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $55.6M | 22.7% | High attention |
| 7 | 848110 | Valves: pressure reducing, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like | $110.2M | 3.1% | Watch |
| 8 | 890120 | Tankers | $47.4M | 38.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 700319 | Glass: cast glass and rolled glass, non-wired sheets, (excluding those coloured throughout the mass (body tinted) opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer) | $20.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $4.5B | 60.2% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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