The pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most important and largest pavilions that will receive visitors of the Expo 2020 Dubai, and it is the second largest pavilion after the Emirates pavilion. Its area is equivalent to two football stadiums and reaches 13 thousand square meters, and it will give visitors the opportunity to explore the bright future of the Kingdom, its rich history, its diversity and its culture.

The pavilion also highlights the Kingdom's message to the world, and its openness to communicate at all levels of investment, tourism and culture, to create a better future for all, especially that it will be among the pavilions that will remain in place even after the Expo 2020 ends.

Great transformations

The pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located in the "Opportunities" area, where it carries the title "Ambitious Without Borders" to express the great transformations that the Kingdom witnessed. The pavilion is like a huge window that opens from the ground and rises to the sky, to take visitors on an immersive journey that displays the transformations witnessed by the Kingdom by highlighting its rich heritage and its natural wonders, but extends to highlighting the energy of its people and its creative and innovative spirit.

The pavilion will also show how Saudi Arabia is shaping its future and that of the world.

The pavilion reflects the strong relations between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in all fields, which are based on integration and close cooperation based on brotherhood ties and a common destiny, which is illustrated by the commercial and economic position that Saudi Arabia occupies with the UAE, which confirms the strength and strength of relations between the two countries, which witnessed a large qualitative shift. And translated the desire of the two countries to consolidate and strengthen relations at all levels.

7 initiatives

During the second meeting of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council last November, the Kingdom and the UAE signed seven strategic initiatives, which included several axes: the joint tourist visa, facilitating the flow of movement between customs outlets, signing a strategic initiative for food security, cybersecurity, issuing a common digital currency, and a construction project A giant oil refinery and the establishment of the Saudi-Emirati Youth Council.

Business partner

Saudi Arabia represents the first Arab and third trading partner globally for the UAE, and accounts for about 7% of the UAE's non-oil trade with the world. The two brother countries are the largest Arab economies, and they are among the 10 most important countries exporting globally, with a total value of exports of goods and services approaching 750 Billion dollar.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia together account for two-thirds of Arab exports of non-oil goods to the world during 2018, and they rank sixth in the world in terms of merchandise exports as a whole, according to the World Trade Organization for 2018.

According to data from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saudi Arabia, with a population of about 33.2 million, produces 782.5 billion dollars in GDP, and the level of economic growth is expected to continue until 2024, when the industry represents about 13% of the local economy, followed by trade with 11%, then transportation, at 6%, construction and building at 6%, and agriculture represents about 3%. Saudi Arabia comes in the 92nd in the World Bank Index to start business, as the Chamber's report confirmed that the Kingdom is witnessing a major development in the non-oil economic sectors, especially the infrastructure sector, as demand in the Saudi economy supports the population increase and the Kingdom's openness to foreign direct investment, which will allow With the flow of capital into the country. The Saudi trade balance with the world gives a large surplus to Saudi Arabia, whose exports amounted to about $ 220 billion, including oil, chemical materials, industrial products and food products, while its imports amounted to about $ 127 billion, and includes industrial products, food products and chemicals.

The intra-non-oil trade between the UAE and Saudi Arabia tends in the interest of the UAE, as its exports to Saudi Arabia during 2018 amounted to about 21.7 billion dollars (79.8 billion dirhams), and its imports from Saudi Arabia reached 7.6 billion dollars (28 billion dirhams). The most important exchanges include machinery, minerals, transportation equipment, food products and live animals. The UAE is also at the forefront of the countries investing in Saudi Arabia, with a total cost in excess of $ 9.5 billion (35 billion dirhams), reflecting the activity of nearly 122 investment projects for more than 65 prominent companies and investment groups in the UAE, implementing major projects in Saudi Arabia. With the balance of Saudi direct investments in the UAE exceeding the 16 billion dirham barrier.

Two-way trade

A report by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce confirmed that there are great opportunities to enhance intra-regional trade between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in exporting pharmaceutical products, canned foods, electrical machinery and other goods and services, noting that there are great opportunities for joint investment in the field of tourism, information technology, transportation, the logistics sector and industry.

Saudi Arabia is the first Arab and third global trading partner for the UAE.

The suite will remain in place after the Expo 2020 Dubai is over.

79.8

One billion dirhams, the volume of UAE exports to Saudi Arabia in 2018.

7%

Saudi Arabia's share of the UAE's non-oil trade with the world.