Manufacturing sector contributes over QR12bn to Qatar’s GDP in Q1, 2021

The manufacturing industry of Qatar has contributed QR12.02bn to GDP in the first quarter of this year showing a growth in country’s manufacturing sector under state’s economic diversification plans. 

According to infographics ‘Industrial Sector Indicators for Q2 of 2021’ shared by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) on its Twitter handle, 12 new factories were also added to industrial sector from April to June this year. The data also shows that worth of total exports of local origin reached QR68.28m in Q2 of 2021. There was also an increase of 719 workers in factories in Q2 of 2021. The Ministry also revealed that 32 more local products were registered in Q2 of 2021.