Saudi investments in plastics, rubber products exceed SAR 37.7 bln, provides 61,000 jobs: Official

19/05/2022 Argaam

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Saudi Arabia’s investments in the plastics and rubber products industry surpassed SAR 37.7 billion, which provided over 61,000 jobs, Jarrah Aljarrah, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, told Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper. 

 

Investment in plastics and rubber product manufacturing accounts for 62% of total investments in the Saudi industrial sector. Plastics and rubber products’ plants make up 12% of total facilities in the Kingdom. The total number of plastics and rubber producers stand at 1,329 out of 10,500 plants in Saudi Arabia.

 

Aljarrah added that packaging products, transport of plastics goods, corks, covers and capsules were on top of plastics industry.

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