Qatar’s total value of foreign merchandise trade amounted to QR33.2bn in May 2021, showing a month-on-month (m-o-m) increase of 14.1%, Qatar Chamber stated in its monthly economic newsletter for July.
The chamber’s monthly economic newsletter highlighted the most prominent trends in the Qatari economy, as well as statistics related to foreign trade and trade of the private sector in May 2021, according to certificates of origin issued by Qatar Chamber.


The newsletter, prepared by the chamber’s Research & Studies Department, cited figures from the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) for May 2021. It stated that the total value of foreign merchandise trade amounted to QR33.2bn, showing a 14.1% increase over April 2021, which amounted to QR29.1bn.
In May 2021, the total exports of goods (including exports of goods of domestic origin and re-exports) amounted to around QR24.9bn, showing an increase of 19.1% compared to QR20.9bn recorded in the previous month. The imports of goods in May 2021 amounted to around QR8.3bn, reflecting a slight growth of 1.2% compared to QR8.2bn in April.
Therefore, the country’s foreign merchandise trade balance, which represents the difference between total exports and imports, showed a surplus of QR16.6bn, or an increase of 29.9% compared to QR12.8bn in April.
In May 2021, China topped the list of countries of destination for Qatar’s exports with about QR5bn, or a share of 15.1% of the state’s total foreign trade, the newsletter added.
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