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Local, Int’l Partnerships Enhance Market Access for Saudi Products

Saudi EXIM Bank participated in the Riyadh International Industry Week 2024 (Photo: Turki Al-Aqili)
Saudi EXIM Bank participated in the Riyadh International Industry Week 2024 (Photo: Turki Al-Aqili)
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Local, Int’l Partnerships Enhance Market Access for Saudi Products

Saudi EXIM Bank participated in the Riyadh International Industry Week 2024 (Photo: Turki Al-Aqili)
Saudi EXIM Bank participated in the Riyadh International Industry Week 2024 (Photo: Turki Al-Aqili)

The Riyadh International Industry Week 2024 concluded on Thursday with the signing of a number of local and international partnerships and agreements, with the aim to promote the access of Saudi products to global markets.
The Saudi Exports Development Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, with the aim to support local industries and facilitate their access to international markets.
The MOU highlights potential areas of cooperation and seeks to encourage firms that are listed in the Future Factories Program to export their products worldwide.
Meanwhile, Alod Company (a Saudi global shipping gateway) signed an agreement with the National Parcel Stations Network Company (Parcelat) to enable its customers to receive and deliver shipments around the clock.
Alod also signed an agreement with Camion aimed at enabling the latter’s customers to automate international and local shipping operations.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Export and Import Bank was able to find credit solutions exceeding SAR 10 billion ($2.6 billion) during the first 4 months of 2024.
The CEO of the Saudi Export-Import Bank, Eng. Saad Al-Khalab, said that the bank seeks to achieve a fourfold increase of the 2024 target number by 2030.
The Saudi Export and Import Bank, which was established in February 2020, aims to promote the development and diversification of national non-oil exports and increase their competitiveness, by providing export financing, guarantee, and export credit insurance services with competitive advantages.
Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines of the Riyadh International Industry Week 2024, Al-Khalab said that the bank offered many products that help Saudi exporters expand globally and reduce their export risks, which facilitates their access to new markets.

 

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Oil Prices Ease but Remain Near 2-week Highs on Russia, Iran Tensions

FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas US August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas US August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford//File Photo
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Oil Prices Ease but Remain Near 2-week Highs on Russia, Iran Tensions

FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas US August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas US August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford//File Photo

Oil prices retreated on Monday following 6% gains last week, but remained near two-week highs as geopolitical tensions grew between Western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, raising risks of supply disruption.
Brent crude futures slipped 26 cents, or 0.35%, to $74.91 a barrel by 0440 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were at $70.97 a barrel, down 27 cents, or 0.38%.
Both contracts last week notched their biggest weekly gains since late September to reach their highest settlement levels since Nov. 7 after Russia fired a hypersonic missile at Ukraine in a warning to the United States and UK following strikes by Kyiv on Russia using US and British weapons.
"Oil prices are starting the new week with some slight cool-off as market participants await more cues from geopolitical developments and the Fed’s policy outlook to set the tone," said Yeap Jun Rong, market strategist at IG.
"Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have edged up a notch lately, leading to some pricing for the risks of a wider escalation potentially impacting oil supplies."
As both Ukraine and Russia vie to gain some leverage ahead of any upcoming negotiations under a Trump administration, the tensions may likely persist into the year-end, keeping Brent prices supported around $70-$80, Yeap added.
In addition, Iran reacted to a resolution passed by the UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday by ordering measures such as activating various new and advanced centrifuges used in enriching uranium.
"The IAEA censure and Iran’s response heightens the likelihood that Trump will look to enforce sanctions against Iran’s oil exports when he comes into power," Vivek Dhar, a commodities strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia said in a note.
Enforced sanctions could sideline about 1 million barrels per day of Iran’s oil exports, about 1% of global oil supply, he said.
The Iranian foreign ministry said on Sunday that it will hold talks about its disputed nuclear program with three European powers on Nov. 29.
"Markets are concerned not only about damage to oil ports and infrastructure, but also the possibility of war contagion and involvement of more countries," said Priyanka Sachdeva, senior market analyst at Phillip Nova.
Investors were also focused on rising crude oil demand at China and India, the world's top and third-largest importers, respectively.
China's crude imports rebounded in November as lower prices drew stockpiling demand while Indian refiners increased crude throughput by 3% on year to 5.04 million bpd in October, buoyed by fuel exports.
For the week, traders will be eyeing US personal consumption expenditures (PCE) data, due on Wednesday, as that will likely inform the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting scheduled for Dec. 17-18, Sachdeva said.