Monday 05/May/2025 – 06:00 PM
The deficit in the non -petroleum trade balance increased by 33.8%, and in an estimated 5.3 billion dollars to record about 20.8 billion dollars during the first half of the current fiscal year compared to about 15.6 billion dollars during the same period of the last fiscal year, due to the increase in non -petroleum commodity imports with a greater value than the rise in non -petroleum merchandise exports, according to the central bank’s statement.
The payments for non -oil commodity imports increased by 26.9%, and about 7.7 billion dollars, to reach about 36.6 billion dollars during the first half of the current fiscal year, compared to about 28.8 billion dollars during the same period of the last fiscal year.
The height is focused on imports of wheat, pharmaceutical preparations, gauze and masters, soybeans, spare parts, cars and tractors.
The outcome of non -petroleum merchandise exports increased during the first half of the current fiscal year by 18.8%, and in an estimated 2.5 billion dollars to record about 15.7 billion dollars, compared to about 13.2 billion dollars.
The height may focus on exports of wires, cables, ready -made clothes, aluminum and its modes, and fresh and dried fruits.
The petroleum trade balance deficit escalated to about 6.7 billion dollars in the current fiscal year, compared to about 3.1 dollars during the same period last fiscal year.
High petroleum imports during the first half of the current fiscal year
Petroleum imports increased by 53.3% and about 3.4 billion dollars, to about 9.7 billion dollars compared to about 6.3 billion dollars due to the increase in imports of both natural gas by $ 2.1 billion, petroleum products by 1.2 billion dollars, and crude oil by $ 58.7 million due to the high imported quantities.
Petroleum exports decreased by 7.0% and about 224.6 million dollars, limited to about 3.0 billion dollars compared to about 3.2 billion dollars, due to the decrease in exports from both crude oil by 714.3 million dollars, and natural gas by 265.3 million dollars due to the decrease in the exported quantities and the average prices each while the exports of petroleum products increased by 755.0 million dollars For high export quantities.
