Geographic analysis of manufacturing industry in Saudi Arabia

Gammal, Farouk M. El; El-Bushra, El-Sayed

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“…Five industries existed in 1954, with a total investment of approximately $12 million. Industrial activity before 1970 played a small role in the Saudi economy (El Gammal and El-Bushra, 1986).…”

Section: Evolution Of the Saudi Industrial Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The government established the Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) in 1976 and the General Petroleum and Mineral Organization (PETROMIN) in 1968. International companies were keen to take part in these companies and pumped capital through partnerships from companies such as Exxon, Shell and Dow. By 1975, the number of establishments rose to 473, with investments totaling $3 billion (Gammal and El-Bushra, 1986). By the early nineties, chemical products had become the leading manufacturing sector.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Modeling and Forecasting Industrial Electricity Demand for Saudi Arabia: Uncovering Regional Characteristics

Mikayilov¹,

Alyamani²,

Darandary³

et al. 2022

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The objective of this study is to investigate Saudi Arabia’s industrial electricity consumption at the regional level. We apply structural time series modeling to annual data over the period of 1990 to 2019. In addition to estimating the size and significance of the price and income elasticities for regional industrial electricity demand, this study projects regional industrial electricity demand up to 2030. This is done using estimated equations and assuming different future values for price and income. The results show that the long-run income and price elasticities of industrial electricity demand vary across regions. The underlying energy demand trend analysis indicates some efficiency improvements in industrial electricity consumption patterns in all regions.

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Section: Evolution Of the Saudi Industrial Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evolution Of the Saudi Industrial Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling and Forecasting Industrial Electricity Demand for Saudi Arabia: Uncovering Regional Characteristics

Mikayilov¹,

Alyamani²,

Darandary³

et al. 2022

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“…This would be an important contribution of the current study. Saudi Arabia's manufacturing structure is largely dependent on capital and energy intensive oil sector (El Gammal and El-Bushra, 1986). Oil production is primarily a capital intensive industry and engages moderately few laborers (Baur, 2014).…”

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Growth Accounting for Saudi Arabia

Haque

2019

Asian Economic and Financial Review

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Saudi Arabia is a capital and energy-intensive economy and also dependent on expatriate labor. With the recent fall in oil prices, the Kingdom is actively pursuing structural transformation. The study identifies a research gap in estimating the contribution of labor and capital to the Saudi Arabian economy. This study focuses on estimating the relative contribution of major long-term determinants of economic growth. With the support of the auto-regressive distributed lag model (ARDL), the study establishes a co-integrating relationship between real gross domestic product (GDP), investment expenditure, labor force and education expenditure in Saudi Arabia. The study notices that the maximum contribution to real GDP growth in Saudi Arabia is from the labor force. The minimum contribution to real GDP growth comes from investments in the predominant oil sector. This study identifies the mechanisms to make the localization program successful. The study recommends further diversification in productive sectors to gain benefit from new investments and suggests cutting down the unproductive expenditure in education. Contribution/ Originality:This study is one of the very few studies which have investigated the contribution of capital and labor to the economy of Saudi Arabia. In addition, by incorporating education expenditure into the model, it also studies the role of education in light of the Saudization program.The early studies of Solow (1962) on United States, Abramovitz (1956) on United States, Denison (1962) on United States & North west Europe, found that the contribution of labor is more than that of capital. However Maddisson (1970); Robinson (1971) in their respective studies on sample of developing countries found that the Asian Economic and Financial Review

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“…The population growth rate in the Kingdom is about 3.3%, one of the highest growth rates in the Arab countries, and the volume of food expenditure in Saudi Arabia is about 70% of per capita income, which allows these industries to grow significantly in light of this growing domestic demand. The fish industry in Saudi Arabia has witnessed a significant development in recent years and has increased its activity as a result of the increase in per capita income, which has led to a change in food behavior, where household expenditure in the Kingdom is increasing based on the increase in income Al Ali, [1]. The fish industry is one of the most important food industries in the Kingdom, where fish meat and seafood products are the most important components of the meal in Saudi Arabia, especially with increasing awareness of health.…”

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The Geographical Dimensions of the Development of the Fish keeping and Canning Industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Turki¹

2018

IJESNR

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Geographic analysis of manufacturing industry in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Modeling and Forecasting Industrial Electricity Demand for Saudi Arabia: Uncovering Regional Characteristics

Modeling and Forecasting Industrial Electricity Demand for Saudi Arabia: Uncovering Regional Characteristics

Growth Accounting for Saudi Arabia

The Geographical Dimensions of the Development of the Fish keeping and Canning Industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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