VOL. XLIV

No 30

23-July-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Refining/PetrochemicalsSector Employs 4.7% Of Industrial Workforce

Saudi Arabia痴 oil refining and petrochemicalsindustries in 1999 employed less than 31,000 people, representing only 4.7% ofthe kingdom痴 industrial workforce, according to a report from the SaudiIndustrial Development Fund (SIDF) quoted by the Saudi daily al-Watan on 30 June. The industrialsector as a whole, the report says, accounted for an insignificant share of thekingdom痴 total...