Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RIYADH1983
2007-09-26 06:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Riyadh
Cable title:
SAUDI TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
how-toVZCZCXYZ0007 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHRH #1983 2690645 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 260645Z SEP 07 FM AMEMBASSY RIYADH TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6581
UNCLAS RIYADH 001983
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX
SUBJECT: SAUDI TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
REF: SECSTATE 114799
UNCLAS RIYADH 001983
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX
SUBJECT: SAUDI TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
REF: SECSTATE 114799
1. Per reftel request, Post compiled the most recent data
available regarding Saudi Arabia's textile and apparel
industry:
Total Finance of Operating Industrial Units(2006): US$79.1
Billion
Total Finance of Textiles, Ready Made Garments and Leather
Products(2006): US$1.3 Billion
Textile and Textile Articles share of imports(2006 -
provisional): 0.04%
Textile/apparel share of exports: not specified, but "other"
exports and "re-exports" totaled 0.025% of 2005 exports.
Exports in textiles and apparel to the United States: not
available, but total exports to the United States in 2006
(provisional and excluding oil exports) were valued at US$541
Million.
Total Manufacturing Employment(2006): 395,609
Total Textiles, Ready Made Garments and Leather Products
Employment(2006): 23,174
Total Number of Operating Industrial Units(2006): 3,906
Total Number of Textiles, Ready Made Garments and Leather
Products Units(2006): 192 (2005- 190, 2004- 181, 2003- 174)
Source: Central Department of Statistics & Information,
Ministry of Economy and Planning, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. Given the small size of Saudi Arabia's textile and
apparel industry and its complete reliance on foreign workers
(and lack of a minimum wage),the questions in paragraph 5 of
reftel generally do not apply. Further, the manager of
Investment Procedures Development at the Saudi Arabian
General Investment Authority confirmed that while the Kingdom
is taking deliberate, aggressive steps to increase its
competitiveness, it is not focusing on the textile and
apparel industry because of its negligible size.
FRAKER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD KTEX
SUBJECT: SAUDI TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
REF: SECSTATE 114799
1. Per reftel request, Post compiled the most recent data
available regarding Saudi Arabia's textile and apparel
industry:
Total Finance of Operating Industrial Units(2006): US$79.1
Billion
Total Finance of Textiles, Ready Made Garments and Leather
Products(2006): US$1.3 Billion
Textile and Textile Articles share of imports(2006 -
provisional): 0.04%
Textile/apparel share of exports: not specified, but "other"
exports and "re-exports" totaled 0.025% of 2005 exports.
Exports in textiles and apparel to the United States: not
available, but total exports to the United States in 2006
(provisional and excluding oil exports) were valued at US$541
Million.
Total Manufacturing Employment(2006): 395,609
Total Textiles, Ready Made Garments and Leather Products
Employment(2006): 23,174
Total Number of Operating Industrial Units(2006): 3,906
Total Number of Textiles, Ready Made Garments and Leather
Products Units(2006): 192 (2005- 190, 2004- 181, 2003- 174)
Source: Central Department of Statistics & Information,
Ministry of Economy and Planning, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. Given the small size of Saudi Arabia's textile and
apparel industry and its complete reliance on foreign workers
(and lack of a minimum wage),the questions in paragraph 5 of
reftel generally do not apply. Further, the manager of
Investment Procedures Development at the Saudi Arabian
General Investment Authority confirmed that while the Kingdom
is taking deliberate, aggressive steps to increase its
competitiveness, it is not focusing on the textile and
apparel industry because of its negligible size.
FRAKER