The Saudi Export Development Authority («Saudi Exports») is working to support and strengthen the presence of Saudi products in global markets, open export opportunities for domestic goods, and help secure their international market share, in line with the Kingdom’s vision to diversify sources of income for the national economy. This also serves to strengthen local industries and open up broad prospects for them in global markets.
More than 200 national companies
«Saudi Exports» is currently working to finalize participation arrangements for more than 200 national companies in the «Saudi Pavilion» at a number of international exhibitions during the fourth quarter of this year, including Anuga 2017, which will be held in Germany from October 7–11 and focuses on the food and beverage sector.
Saudi Exports will also participate with a full pavilion at GITEX Technology Week 2017 in Dubai from October 8–12. Furthermore, the Authority will participate in the Gulf Food Industry Exhibition, held in Dubai from October 31 to November 20, which targets the food manufacturing and packaging sector, as well as ADIPEC 2017 in Abu Dhabi from November 13–16, which focuses on the gas and petroleum sector. «Saudi Exports» will conclude its participation for the current year at the Big 5 2017 exhibition, which will kick off in Dubai on November 26 and run for four days, focusing on the building materials, construction, and infrastructure sectors.
Promoting Local Industries
For his part, Engineer Saleh Al-Salmi, Secretary-General of the Saudi Export Development Authority, emphasized that these participations aim to strengthen local industries and open new export channels for Saudi companies in regional and international markets, and to position Saudi products as competitive with their global counterparts in terms of price and quality, thereby increasing the market share of local products in global markets and enhancing this sector’s contribution to the gross national product.
He also noted that the Kingdom’s pavilion at these exhibitions serves as an ideal platform for promoting the products of national enterprises, highlighting their quality, and competing internationally, noting that participation in international exhibitions ensures direct communication with customers, facilitates the conclusion of commercial deals, provides insight into competitors in the field, and enhances the image of participating enterprises in foreign markets.
Improving the Efficiency of the Export Environment
"Saudi Exports" is harnessing all its capabilities to improve the efficiency of the export environment, develop export capacities, promote exporters and their products, and create export opportunities for them, by improving financial, promotional, and logistical services for exporters; developing programs and offering incentives to exporters; promoting Saudi products in international markets; and enhancing their competitive quality to ensure their access to international markets in a manner that reflects the standing of Saudi products, and to serve as a pillar of the national economy. The work of «Saudi Exports» embodies the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and fulfills the aspirations of the wise leadership to diversify sources of income for the national economy.
Opening Up to Global Markets
The Saudi Export Development Authority ("Saudi Exports") is a government agency that began its operations in 1434 AH – 2013 AD, and is dedicated to increasing Saudi non-oil exports, opening up to global markets, and harnessing all of the country’s economic potential to improve the efficiency of the export environment by developing programs and providing incentives to exporters, promoting Saudi products in international markets, enhancing their competitive quality, and ensuring their access to international markets in a way that reflects the status of Saudi products and contributes to the national economy, as the work of "Saudi Exports" embodies the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and fulfills the aspirations of the wise leadership to diversify sources of income for the national economy. The Authority’s vision is to develop diverse Saudi exports that are globally competitive.It aims to be a leading export development organization that works to develop exporters, market exports, and facilitate access to international markets, while contributing to the development of policies and strategies to encourage exports.
