In 2016, two-way trade volume reached US$29.04 billion with South Korea exporting cars, electronic goods, steel and other items to Saudi Arabia and importing oil and other petrochemical products from it.[87] Now, South Korea is described as a "core" partner for the Saudi Vision 2030 project, noting progress in joint efforts to flesh out their cooperation scheme to realize the vision.[87] Syria See Saudi Arabia–Syria relations President Bashar Al Assad welcomed King Abdullah Al Saud in Damascus in October 2009.