The Planning and Statistics Authority revealed that the merchandise trade balance of the State of Qatar, which represents the difference between total exports and imports, achieved a surplus of 18.7 billion riyals during December. This recorded a decrease of 9.5 billion riyals, or 33.7 percent, compared to the same month of the previous year 2022. While it recorded an increase of approximately 2 billion riyals, or 12%, compared to November 2023.
According to the data, the value of total Qatari exports (which includes exports of local origin and re-exports) amounted to approximately 29.2 billion riyals, a decrease of 23.7 percent compared to December 2022 data, and an increase of 10.2 percent compared to November 2023.
Source (Al-Raya Qatari Newspaper, Edited)
