RIYADH: Saudi non-oil exports hit their highest-ever monthly level in June 2021, after reaching SR23.5 billion ($6.2 billion), Arab News quoted the Saudi Export Development Authority (Saudi Exports), as saying, in a statement.

Exports in June went up 40 per cent from a year ago, when the country shipped exports with the total value of SR16.8 billion, it said.

The number in June includes exports of products worth SR21 billion, while the country made SR2.5 billion in re-exports of goods.

This year, Saudi exports continued rising above the SR20 billion-mark, the statement said. This comes at a time when the global economy is recovering from the pandemic, while the number of Saudi plants kept increasing beyond 10,000.