Factories under construction in Saudi Arabia amounted to 1,006 factories by the end of the first quarter of 2018, with a total capital reaching SAR 41.9 billion, data issued by the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources showed.
They had a total workforce of over 60,000 workers.
|
Factories Under Construction (Q1 2018) |
|
|
Number of factories |
1,006 |
|
Workforce |
60,344 |
|
Capital (SAR bln) |
41.9 |
In terms of sectors, the factories under construction are dispersed across several areas of business as follows:
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Factories classified by business sector (Q1 2018) |
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|
Activity |
Number of factories |
Workforce |
Capital (SAR bln) |
|
Other non-metallic products |
208 |
12,610 |
4,548.2 |
|
Rubber and plastic products |
130 |
5,559 |
1,352.5 |
|
Food Products |
109 |
8,165 |
6,669.2 |
|
Various metal products excl. machinery & equipment |
108 |
5,435 |
1,437.2 |
|
Chemical products |
94 |
4,327 |
4,905.0 |
|
Alkaline metals |
56 |
5,524 |
6,296.3 |
|
Beverages |
48 |
3,976 |
1,285.1 |
|
Paper products |
38 |
1,715 |
778.0 |
|
Electric equipment |
35 |
1,704 |
572.0 |
|
Other unclassified machinery & equipment |
30 |
2,474 |
558.3 |
|
Furniture |
24 |
1473 |
153.7 |
|
Pharmaceutical products |
21 |
2,135 |
1,966.3 |
|
Clothes |
17 |
915 |
81.1 |
|
Coke and refined oil products |
17 |
756 |
252.9 |
|
Computers, electronics and optical devices |
14 |
510 |
129.5 |
|
Wood and cork products excl. furniture |
14 |
636 |
103.7 |
|
Other manufacturing |
14 |
579 |
97.3 |
|
Textiles |
11 |
952 |
134.4 |
|
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers |
9 |
335 |
39.7 |
|
Other transportation equipment |
2 |
240 |
80.4 |
|
Printing, cloning of recorded media |
1 |
30 |
1.0 |
|
Other |
6 |
294 |
10,466.5 |
|
Total |
1,006 |
60,344 |
41,908.3 |
Riyadh has the biggest number of factories under construction at 414 -- 41 percent of total factories under construction in Saudi Arabia, followed by the Eastern Province with 175 plants.
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Number of factories by region (Q1 2018) |
|
|
Region |
Q1 2018 |
|
Riyadh |
414 |
|
Eastern Province |
175 |
|
Makkah |
165 |
|
Medina |
52 |
|
Asir |
49 |
|
Qassim |
36 |
|
Jazan |
35 |
|
Al Jouf |
22 |
|
Hail |
21 |
|
Tabuk |
12 |
|
Al Baha |
10 |
|
Najran |
9 |
|
Northern boarders |
6 |
|
Total |
1,006 |
Below is a classifications of factories by investor type:
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Factories by investor type (Q1 2018) |
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|
Investment |
Number of plants |
Capital (SAR bln) |
Workforce |
|
National |
868 |
25.4 |
50,140 |
|
Foreign |
76 |
2.8 |
4,138 |
|
Joint |
62 |
13.7 |
6,066 |
|
Total |
1,006 |
41.9 |
60,344 |
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