NATIONAL DAY

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he Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has the honour and Tprivilege of providing

integrated services for the pilgrims of Allah’s Inviolable House, for those performing pilgrimage Hajj or Umrah and for all visitors of the Mosque of the Noble Prophet, peace be upon him. Such services begin from the moment the pilgrims set foot in the territory of the Kingdom till their return to their respective countries. Caring for the needs of pilgrims occupies first priority among the Kingdom’s concerns.

Hajj is associated with the life of Islamic Prophet Muhammad from the 7th century, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Makkah is considered by Muslims to stretch back to thousands of years to the time of Ibrahim. Pilgrims join procesions of in hundreds of thousands, simultaneously convering at Makkah for the week of Hajj.

The Saudi government feels honoured to organise Hajj for God has chosen this country to be the place of the two holy mosques. Saudi Araba gives the best possible services to the pilgims.

Parameters 2006 2007 2008 2009E 2010E

GDP (US$ billion) 357 385 476 370 438

GDP per Capita (US$ ‘000) 15.0 15.9 19.1 14.5 16.8

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

18.7 21.3 20.8 - -

Current account balance (US$ billion)

99.1 93.5 132.5 20.5 39.9

Inflation (average) 2.3 4.1 9.9 5.1 5.2

Forex Reserve (US$ billion) 30.4 37.6 34.3 - -

Oil sector (% in GDP) 27.5 26.7 26.9 - -

Population (million) 23.7 24.3 24.9 25.5 26.1

US, 14%

China

11%

Japan

8%

Germany

7%

South Korea

4%

Others

56%

Total imports 2008 US$98 billion

Import origin

Products imported

9%

10%

15%

18%

4%Cereals

Electronic equipments

Iron and steel and related

articles

Vehicles

Machinery

Export destination

US 17%

Japan

15%

China

9%

South

Korea

9%India

7%

Others

43%

89%

1%

13%

2%

1%

Aircraft

Metals &

Chemicals

Plastic articles

Organic

Chemicals

Oil

12,09718,293

24,31838,223

53 1,08013,139

1,257

2005 2006 2007 2008

FDI inward FDI outward

1. EXPORTS TO 1,123 1,412 1,809 2,586 3,708 4,030

SAUDI ARABIA

2. %Share 1.76 169 1.76 2.05 2.28 3.01

3. IMPORTS FROM 5547 7367 10730 12936 19410 16720

SAUDI ARABIA

4. %Share 0.94 1.17 1.09 7.21 7.72 7.08

5. TOTAL TRADE 6670 8779 12539 15522 23118 20751

6. %Growth 28.75 31.61 42.82 23.78 48.93

7. India's Total Trade 141,99166 195,053.38 252.256.27 311,866.78 414,546.16 369,650

8. %Share 1.31 1.39 1.36 5.12 5.58 5.61

R a n k S t a r t b u s i -n e s s

D e a l i n g w i t h c o n s t r u c- t i o n p e r m i t s

E m p l o y w o r k e r s

G e t t i n g c r e d i t

P r o t e c t I n v e s t o r

T r a d i n g a c r o s s b o r d e r s

E n f o r c i n g C o n t r a c t s

C l o s i n g a b u s i n e s s

Global 13 33 73 61 16 23 140 60

ALN 1 4 9 1 1 2 15 5