Saudi Arabia has a long history and a deep-rooted tradition in being a leading country in the export and import of goods and in the international trade. Its trade has gained special trademarks and attributes with time, and it’s a diverse and international trade.

  The Kingdom’s trade is a key element in the structure of the national economy, and the Kingdom has many commercial and wide-ranging economic interests and a proven track record in the field of international economic cooperation. The fundamentals of economic policy of the Kingdom are based on the free-market approach and to ensure the freedom of ownership, investment and disposition, while avoiding exploitation and monopoly, which requires openness, and enhanced opportunities for trade in the framework of genuine partnership, based on the exchange and sharing of the benefit of cooperation under the concept of interdependence, between the members of the international community, as the Kingdom has showed its commitment to economic freedom by adopting a set of policies, development plans and purposeful programs that aims at paving the market to the private sector to contribute to broadening the economic base, diversifying the income streams, developing human resources and raising the efficiency of the Saudi economy and boosting its ability to interact and adapt to new developments.