اتجاهات التنافسية للصادرات السعودية غير النفطية في أهم أسواقها العربية

Abstract EN

This article aims to isolate , measure, and compare the competitiveness effect of the Saudi non-oil exports in its most important Arab markets.

Depending on an empirical and analytical approach, this paper applied the "constant market share "(CMS) model to the data of Saudi Arabia .

The analysis is conducted based on a non-oil trade data of Arab counties during the period 2003 to 2009.

For the purpose of time comparison ,this period was divided into two sub-periods.

The empirical results indicated that, there is an improvement in the Saudi non-oil exports in the markets of the most important Arab trade partners, especially in the markets of other Arab countries except the Cooperation Council of the Gulf Arab Countries>the most improvement was in Bahrain , Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt.

Then, this study examined that, whether the results was affected by the trade gravity factors.

This can be concluded that, there is some trade bias in favor of most Arab countries.

But there is an evidence that, Saudi non-oil exports still has competitiveness in Bahrain , Qatar, and Jordan markets