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The Quiet Diversification Scorecard: Gulf Non-Oil Exports 2026
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar measured against the Malaysia standard — what is genuinely scaling, what is statistical noise, and where the investable core sits
GCC24 JUL 202620 MINCLOSED
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The Scorecard Verdict: One Real Convergence, Two Statistical Mirages
Every Gulf statistics office closed 2025 with a record non-oil export headline. The UAE reported AED 813.8bn of national non-oil exports, up 45.5% year-on-year and through its “We the UAE 2031” target of AED 800bn five years early. Saudi Arabia reported SAR 366.1bn, up 18.9% — also a record. Oman grew 7.5%, Bahrain roughly 6.6%. Read together, the headlines suggest the Gulf’s diversification decade has arrived. Decomposed, the picture is narrower and more interesting. The UAE’s 45.5% jump is heavily inflated by gold and precious-metal flows — gold was the single largest traded commodity, and…
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