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dc.contributor.authorGUIDI, Caterina Francesca
dc.contributor.authorSABBATI, Giulio
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-05T16:02:41Z
dc.date.available2018-02-05T16:02:41Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/51242
dc.description.abstractThe EU is Saudi Arabia's first trading partner in goods, with 16.3 % of Saudi Arabia’s global trade, followed by China with 14.1 % and the US with 11.8 %. Saudi Arabia is the EU's 15th trading partner in goods, with an EU market share of 1.5 %. The trade balance is positive for the EU, as this infographic illustrates. Trade between the EU and Saudi Arabia takes place within the framework of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The GCC countries formed their own customs union on 1 January 2015. The EU exports a wide range of goods and services to the region; however, around 50 % of the EU's exported goods to the GCC are machinery, including power generation plants, railway locomotives, aircrafts, electrical machinery and mechanical appliances. Meanwhile, approximately 70 % of all EU imports from the GCC consist of fuels and their derivatives. Following a reliance on oil revenues for about 90% of its budget in recent years, Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious plan to restructure its oil-dependent economy, known as Vision 2030, involving diversification, privatisation, tax increases and subsidy cuts. Saudi Arabia has significant defence relationships with a rising number of EU Member States, primarily driven by the trade in arms (and often also related contracts for training and maintenance).
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dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseries[Global Governance Programme]en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobalStaten
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Parliamenten
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAt a Glance InfoGraphicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2017/608780en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/608780/EPRS_ATA(2017)608780_EN.pdf
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.otherComparative regional integration and regionalism
dc.subject.otherEconomic development
dc.subject.otherEvidence-based policy-making
dc.subject.otherGlobalStat
dc.subject.otherMeasurement
dc.subject.otherStatistics
dc.subject.otherTrade, investment and international cooperation
dc.titleSaudi Arabia : economic indicators and trade with EU
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