Dhaman Releases its Second Quarterly Bulletin for 2025, Monitoring Continued Geographical and Merchandise Concentration of Arab Countries’ Foreign Trade

The Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman) revealed its second quarterly bulletin for 2025 that Arab merchandise and service trade edged up by 4.5% to exceed $3.6 trillion in 2024 as a result of a rise in exports by 1.7% to $1.9 trillion, and a hike in imports by 7.8% to over $1.7 trillion. The Corporation indicated that Arab merchandise trade grew by more than 5% to $2.8 trillion, driven by a 0.3% increase in commodity exports to $1.5 trillion, and an 11% rise in imports to over $1.3 trillion. Consequently, the surplus in the trade balance of goods declined by 43% to $167 billion in 2024.