Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports surged by 31 percent in the second quarter to SR86.2 billion ($22.9 billion) from SR65.8 billion in the same period last year, the General Authority for Statistics, also known as GASTAT, said in a report.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday maintained its economic growth forecast for Saudi Arabia at 7.6% this year, bucking the global trend toward recession and likely placing it among the top growing economies in the world in 2022.
The U.S. special envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, is headed to Saudi Arabia and Jordan on Monday to continue Washington's diplomatic efforts to back a United Nation's mediated truce in Yemen, Reuters reports, citing the U.S. State Department said.
