What is the price of rice per kilogram/pound in Saudi Arabia today?
The retail price range for Saudi Arabia rice is between US$ 2.46 and US$ 3.35 per kilogram or between US$ 1.12 and US$ 1.52 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of rice in Saudi Arabia
The retail price range in Saudi Riyal for rice is between SAR 9.24 and SAR 12.57 per kilogram or between SAR 4.19 and SAR 5.70 per pound(lb) in Riyadh and Jeddah.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Saudi Arabia rice is between US$ 1.72 and US$ 2.35 per kilogram or between US$ 0.78 and US$ 1.06 per pound(lb).
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Saudi Arabia Rice Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In 2020, the export price of Rice from Saudi Arabia was US$ 0.00 per Kg. In 2021, the export price was US$ 0.00 per Kg. In 2022, the export price was US$ 0.00 per Kg. In 2023, the export price is predicted to be US$ 0.00 per Kg.The exports of rice from Saudi Arabia are classified as:
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
Saudi Arabia Rice Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Rice into Saudi Arabia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 0.69 US $ per kg, which was the lowest in the last five years. This was followed by a slight increase in 2018 to 0.86 US $ per kg. In 2019, the price dropped to 0.59 US $ per kg, the lowest in the last five years. However, in 2020, the price skyrocketed to 2.87 US $ per kg, the highest in the last five years. This was followed by a further increase in 2021 to 4.25 US $ per kg. Based on the current trend, it is expected that the import price per kilogram of Rice into Saudi Arabia in 2023 will be around 5.50 US $ per kg and in 2024 it will be around 6.75 US $ per kg.Export values for Saudi Arabia rice
The total values in export for rice in Saudi Arabia were US$ 5,996, US$ 14,691, US$ 11,689 and US$ 23 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in Saudi Arabia: Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Maize, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Saudi Arabia rice - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Saudi Arabia sold 39 tonnes of rice. In 2019 alone, the demand for Saudi Arabia rice (cereals/grains category) has gone down, with a change of -99.714 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, rice's exports decreased by -99.82 pc earning the exporter US$0.02m for the year 2019. Saudi Arabia's rice exports are categorised as:
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
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Saudi Arabia rice export values
In 2019, Saudi Arabia sold rice valued at 0.02m USD, a drop of -99.83% from 2018's total rice export of 11.689m USD. The annual reduction in value of Saudi Arabia rice between 2017 to 2018 was -20.434 per cent.
The per year change in the quantity of Saudi Arabia's rice exports between 2017 and 2019 was -99.82 pc compared to a variation of -99.714% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Saudi Arabia rice ( in '000$ )
Saudi Arabia's top destinations for rice are United Kingdom (UK), Guinea-Bissau, Turkey, Nigeria and Qatar.
Saudi Arabia bought 1,403,914 tonnes of rice in 2019.