Celebrating st

NATIONAL DAY

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he Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has the honour and privilege of providing integrated services for the pilgrims of Allahs 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 Kingdoms 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 GDP (US$ billion) GDP per Capita (US$ 000)

2006 357 15.0 18.7 99.1 2.3 30.4 27.5 23.7

2007 385 15.9 21.3 93.5 4.1 37.6 26.7 24.3

2008 476 19.1 20.8 132.5 9.9 34.3 26.9 24.9

2009E 370 14.5 20.5 5.1 25.5

2010E 438 16.8 39.9 5.2 26.1

Gross capital formation (%

of GDP) Current account balance (US$ billion) Inflation (average) Forex Reserve (US$ billion) Oil sector (% in GDP) Population (million)

Total imports 2008

US$98 billion Import origin
US, 14%

Products imported
Machinery 18%

Vehicles
China 11%

15%

Iron and steel and related articles Electronic equipments

Ot hers 56%

Japan 8% Germany 7% Sout h Korea 4%

10%

9%

Cereals 4%

Export destination
US 17%

Oil Organic

89%

Others 43%

Japan 15%

Chemicals

13%

Plastic articles
South Korea 9% China 9%

2%

India 7%

Metals & Chemicals Aircraft

1%

1%

Rank

Start business 13 1

Dealing with construc -tion permits

Employ workers

Getting credit

Protect Investor

Trading across borders

Enforcing Contracts

Closing a business

Global ALN

33 4

73 9

61 1

16 1

23 2

140 15

60 5

38,223 12,097 53 2005 18,293 1,257 2006 24,318 13,139 1,080 2008

2007

FDI inward

FDI outward

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

EXPORTS TO SAUDI ARABIA %Share IMPORTS FROM SAUDI ARABIA %Share TOTAL TRADE %Growth India's Total Trade %Share

1,123 1.76 5547

1,412 169 7367

1,809 1.76 10730

2,586 2.05 12936

3,708 2.28 19410

4,030 3.01 16720

0.94 6670 28.75 141,99166 1.31

1.17 8779 31.61 195,053.38 1.39

1.09 12539 42.82 252.256.27 1.36

7.21 15522 23.78 311,866.78 5.12

7.72 23118 48.93 414,546.16 5.58

7.08 20751

369,650 5.61