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Private Sector
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Saudi plants manufacture a wide range of products. Some goods, such as steel and metals, are exported as far away as Southeast Asia
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The combination of loans, incentives, subsidies and information, and the government emphasis on strengthening the role of the private sector especially during the course of the Fifth Development Plan (1990-94), have clearly had the desired result. Between 1972 and 1992, the private sector's value of output rose from 2.08 billion dollars to 44.26 billion dollars. Industrial goods produced by this sector totaled 10.6 billion dollars, 2.6 billion dollars of which was exported. During the past decade, the private sector has contributed more to the country's GDP than has the oil sector. Also, the country has seen a decrease in imports, directly proportional to an increase in domestic production
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