19k ‘Made in Saudi Arabia’ products now reaching 180 markets: industry minister

Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef. Argaam
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Updated 15 December 2025
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19k ‘Made in Saudi Arabia’ products now reaching 180 markets: industry minister

RIYADH: Products carrying the “Made in Saudi” logo have reached 19,000 and are shipped to 180 countries, according to the minister of industry and mineral resources.

In his opening speech at the third edition of the “Made in Saudi” exhibition, Bandar Alkhorayef indicated that the program now includes 3,700 registered national companies.

He noted that the first half of 2025 recorded the highest semi-annual figure for non-oil exports, valued at SR307 billion ($81.8 billion), after total exports in 2024 reached approximately SR515 billion.

The “Made in Saudi” program was launched in 2021 with the aim of strengthening the presence of local products in domestic and international markets and contributing to the growth of the national economy in line with Vision 2030 targets.

The minister highlighted the efforts of the Saudi Exports Development Authority in facilitating the access of national products to global markets.

This has been achieved through the signing of 108 export agreements, the registration of 433 importers on the Saudi Exports platform, and the licensing of nine export houses whose outbound trade has reached 21 countries with a value of SR390 million.

The “Made in Saudi” program is an initiative of the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program. It is managed by the Saudi Export Development Authority, also known as Saudi Exports, a governmental body tasked with increasing the Kingdom’s non-oil exports. 

Saudi Exports developed and is managing the program with the strategic intent of supporting the nation in achieving the objectives of its transformative Vision 2030.

The Authority, through the “Made in Saudi” program, has recently participated as a strategic partner in The Big 5 2025, a leading global exhibition for the construction industry held in Dubai in November. 

Saudi Exports led a delegation of more than 50 construction companies from the Kingdom to the event, which drew over 2,000 exhibitors from more than 165 countries. 

The program also participated as a strategic public sector partner in the National Development Fund’s Momentum 2025 development finance conference in Riyadh in December, reflecting its integral role in Saudi Arabia’s national economic transformation under Vision 2030.

The conference featured over 100 speakers focused on fostering partnerships to expand financing channels, reflecting the NDF’s central role as an enabler and a strategic driver of the national development finance system.


No Saudi acquisition offers: FC Barcelona tells Al-Eqtisadiah

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No Saudi acquisition offers: FC Barcelona tells Al-Eqtisadiah

CAIRO: FC Barcelona has not received any offers, whether from Saudi Arabia or elsewhere, to acquire the club, according to an official source who spoke to Al-Eqtisadiah.

According to the source, the circulating news regarding the possibility of finalizing a deal to acquire the club in the coming period is a mere rumor.

Recent Spanish reports had indicated the possibility of a Saudi acquisition of Barcelona shares for around €10 billion ($11.7 billion), a move considered capable of saving the club from its financial crises if it were to happen, especially as it suffers from debts estimated at around €2.5 billion.

Sale not in management’s hands

Joan Gaspart, the former president of the club, confirmed that the current board of directors, chaired by Joan Laporta, does not have the right to dispose of the club’s ownership.

He added: “FC Barcelona is owned by about 150,000 members, and selling the club is something the owners will not accept. FC Barcelona possesses something no other club in the world has; money is very important, and so is passion, but the sentiment of the members today is to continue what the club has been for 125 years.”

High market value

Despite the financial crisis the club has been going through in recent years, FC Barcelona ranks sixth on the list of the world’s highest market value clubs, with an estimated value of €1.12 billion, according to Transfermarkt. Meanwhile, its rival Real Madrid tops the list with a market value of €1.38 billion.