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Saudi seaports led in valid customs clearance activity licences
Saudi Arabia counted 1,179 valid customs clearance activity licences at seaports at the end of 2024. The statistics authority reported 722 at airports and 465 at road ports.
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Seaports accounted for roughly half of the reported category counts.
The seaport category was nearly half of the total
The three reported counts sum to 2,366, including 1,179 at seaports. Seaports were about 49.8% of that sum. Airports and road ports together accounted for a similar number, at 1,187. Source 1
Seaport licences rose year on year
GASTAT reports that the seaport count was 26.1% higher than at the end of 2023. The December observation is a stock of valid licences, which can rise or fall as authorisations are issued or expire. Source 1
Airport and road categories had different scales
The airport count was 257 higher than the road port count. The publication gives the counts by type of entry point. An operator doing business in more than one location can require a separate source to determine the number of distinct firms. Source 1
Licences provide a separate view of logistics activity
The same GASTAT publication reports figures for logistics centres and licensed warehouses. Those figures describe different activities from a valid clearance licence. The port rankings here describe clearance authorisations and do not measure tonnage or shipment processing time. Source 1