{"id":216152,"date":"2021-12-29T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=216152"},"modified":"2021-12-29T09:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:40:33","slug":"saudi-foreign-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/saudi-foreign-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi foreign investments make leaps and bounds in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi foreign investments achieved a significant increase during the first nine months of 2021 compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper said that foreign investments increased by 393% compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign investments in Saudi Arabia amounted to 65.2 billion riyals ($17.4 billion). This is compared to 13.2 billion riyals ($3.5 billion) in the same period of 2020, an increase of 393%.<\/p>\n<h2>Saudi foreign investments<\/h2>\n<p>Al-Eqtisadiah pointed out that during the third quarter of this year, investments increased by 6.58 billion riyals ($1.75 billion). This is compared to 4.1 billion riyals ($1.1 billion) during the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>This increase was by 61% and at a value of 2.5 billion riyals ($670 million), according to data issued by the Saudi Central Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia aims to increase the net foreign direct investment flowing into the country by 1816% within 10 years by 2030. It aims to reach 388 billion riyals ($103.5 billion) annually by 2030, while it was 20.2 billion riyals ($5.4 billion) in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Ministry of Investment said last November that foreign direct investment flows to the Kingdom rose in the second quarter of 2021 to $1.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih had said in a press statements that the Kingdom will enjoy very high rates of foreign investment in 2021 and the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>He also stressed that his country seeks to raise the value of foreign direct investment on its lands.<\/p>\n<p>The value of the assets of foreign index funds invested in the Saudi stock market amounted to $9.48 billion at the end of the third quarter, in light of the low interest rate, high shares and oil prices, and expectations of a recovery in the Kingdom\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Non-oil exports<\/h2>\n<p>Non-oil exports in Saudi Arabia also rose to 23.8 billion riyals last October, compared to 19 billion riyals in the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stats.gov.sa\/en\">General Authority for Statistics in Saudi Arabia<\/a> said that non-oil exports rose in October by 25.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The value of non-oil exports decreased by 1.5 billion riyals, or 5.9%, compared to September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The authority&#8217;s data showed an increase in merchandise exports in October 2021 by 90% compared to October 2020. This is because international trade was affected by the travel bans related to the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi foreign investments achieved a significant increase during the first nine months of 2021 compared to last year. Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper said that foreign investments increased by 393% compared to the same period last year. Foreign investments in Saudi Arabia amounted to 65.2 billion riyals ($17.4 billion). 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