Ministry of Industry says number of productive factories rises 6.4% to 8,391 in Q3 2021

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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced that the number of productive factories increased to 8,391 in the third quarter of 2021, with an estimated capital of SAR 1.27 trillion, an increase of 6.4%, compared to the same period in 2020.

Licensed workers in these factories rose 1% to 968,210, according to the Q3 2021 statistical bulletin on industrial licenses issued by the National Industrial Information Center (NIIC).

Productive Factories
Item	Q3 2020	Q3 2021	Variation	Ratio (%)
Number of factories	7886	8391	505	+6.4%
Number of licensed workers (‘000)	960.15	968.21	8.1	+1.0%
Capital (SAR bln)	1018.93	1265.62	246.69	+24.2%

These factories were distributed among 24 activities, led by chemicals and chemical products in terms of capital at SAR 453.5 billion, followed by non-metallic products with a capital of SAR 319.1 billion.

With regards to the number of factories, other non-metallic products came on top with 1,641 plants, followed by plastic and rubber products with 1,122 factories.

Other non-metallic products also ranked first in terms of licensed workers at 174,000, followed by the food products with 143,700 workers.

Factories by Activity (Q3 2021)
Activity	Number of factories	Number of licensed workers (‘000)	Capital (SAR bln)
Chemicals and chemical products	836	95.2	453.5
Other non-metallic products	1641	174.0	319.1
Basic metals	415	73.2	95.6
Food products	926	143.7	81.3
Coke and refined petroleum products	92	11.7	77.7
Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning installation	54	2.4	43.0
Plastic and rubber products	1122	87.6	31.4
Fabricated metal products, excluding machinery and equipment	1012	102.0	36.5
Beverages	215	44.8	21.3
Electrical equipment	278	36.3	20.6
Unclassified machinery and equipment elsewhere	291	35.0	21.0
Water collection, treatment and delivery	11	1.2	15.2
Paper & paper products	317	37.5	15.0
Basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceuticals	56	12.0	7.1
Textiles	104	15.8	6.2
Other manufacturing industries	169	17.1	5.0
Motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers	145	13.2	3.3
Publishing, printing, and reproduction	50	5.9	3.3
Furniture	321	25.1	2.5
Wood products and cork except furniture, straw products, and braiding materials	138	11.5	2.3
Computers, electronics & optical devices	43	4.3	1.6
Clothes	120	12.6	1.3
Other transportation equipment	7	3.7	1.1
Leather products and articles thereof	28	2.5	0.7
Total	8391.0	968.12	1265.62

According to the report, Q3 saw the licensing of 216 new factories with an estimated capital of SAR 55.2 billion, and employment of 8,200 workers.

A total of 284 factories started production with a capital of SAR 54.5 billion and 15,200 workers, while 345 plants ceased operations worth a capital of SAR 7 billion, as indicated in the following table:

Changes During Q1 2021
	Number of licenses and factories	Number of licensed workers (‘000)	Capital (SAR bln)
New license	216	8.2	55.2
Beginning of production	284	15.2	54.5
Suspension of operations	345	20.1	7.0

As many as 1,801 factories with a capital of SAR 68.5 billion were under construction, employing 78,700 workers.

Other non-metallic products came on top with 359 factories and a capital of SAR 6.7 billion, followed by food products with 250 factories.

Factories Under Construction by Economic Activity
Period	Number of factories	Number of licensed workers (‘000)	Capital (SAR mln)
Other non-metallic products	359	18.0	6.7
Food products	250	10.5	7.5
Plastic and rubber products	202	6.8	2.9
Fabricated metal products, excluding machinery and equipment	186	7.7	1.8
Chemicals and chemical products	154	4.6	22.1
Basic metals	83	4.7	3.8
Furniture	68	3.1	0.4
Other manufacturing industries	56	2.7	10.1
Beverages	70	4.1	1.5
Paper & paper products	82	2.7	0.9
Electrical equipment	49	1.8	1.3
Unclassified machinery and equipment elsewhere	49	2.5	1.1
Wood products and cork except furniture, straw products, and braiding materials	35	1.2	0.3
Clothes	31	1.3	0.1
Coke and refined petroleum products	29	1.3	0.7
Motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers	23	0.8	0.3
Computers, electronics & optical devices	24	1.1	0.7
Basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceuticals	21	1.4	2.2
Textiles	11	0.3	0.09
Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning installation	8	0.3	1.3
Other activities	5	0.1	0.04
Total	1801	78.65	68.48

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