Szymon Fyderek, Autor w serwisie East Analytics

UAE consulting – export market guide

16 Doing Business 2020 ranking 2 Days needed to export 43k GDP per capita (USD) UAE'S EXPORT Modern infrastructure The United Arab Emirates is crucial for the global economy. Thanks to its geographical location, expansive projects for the diversification of the economy and focus on the international trade, UAE is a promising place for the investment, especially for those, who also wish to enter the markets of Middle East, MENA region and South Asia. Foreign investors in UAE enjoy modern infrastructure, varied consumers form different places of the world and good environment for the international trade. For those who want to learn more we recommend looking at our consulting options in UAE. Dubai – the most known of the Emirates. Highly valued for its good environment for the investors thanks to its quick expansion, high reputation and focus on innovations and high technologies. Dubai is also offering various incentives and upholding its status of the international trade hub. Abu Dhabi - the capital and second biggest city in the Emirates. Underwent quick industrialization in the 20th century, which made it a political, industrial and economical centre. Abu Dhabi provides 15% of UAE’s GDP and is known as the ‘most westernized Arab city’. It doesn’t offer quite as many incentives as Dubai, but it’s still luring many foreign investors with its expansive international programs. Sharjah – the 3rd biggest Emirate. Offers low taxes and trade responsibilities to stimulate the investors. Introduced quick procedures for those who are trying to acquire licenses. Ajman – focuses on the real estate sector and protective laws. Umm al-Quwain - the least populated of the Federation. Similarly to Dubai, offers various tax and investment incentives. Ras al-Khaimah – concentrated on the production of concrete and remains the biggest producent of it in the UAE. Fujairah – is trying to attract ...

UAE consulting – export market guideSzymon Fyderek2020-09-07T11:50:49+00:00

Saudi Arabia consulting – export market guide

62 Doing Business 2020 ranking 1 Days needed to export 23k GDP per capita (USD) SAUDI ARABIA'S EXPORTS The Leader in the Region The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the biggest economy of the Middle East and first global exporter of crude and refined petroleum is meanwhile highly dependent on the import of food, medical products, technical parts and semi-finished products. KSA is also the centre of Islamic World, year after year hosting millions of pilgrims in Mecca and Medina. The number of Polish and EU-based companies collaborating with Saudi Arabia increases annually and the country became the second biggest trade partner of Poland in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia covers 80% of the Arabian Peninsula area, lying on the border of the continents: Asia and Africa, on the junction of the great trade routes between Europe and the South-East. The Kingdom borders with Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Yemen, spreading on the desert territories between the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea. The KSA is a rentier state, with the economy based on selling the petroleum and hydrocarbons. As the biggest petrol exporter in the world, the country keeps 18% of the global reserves – 267,026 MMbbl. According to OPEC data from 2019, the daily export from KSA estimates 10,317 bbl of crude petroleum and 118,000M m3 of natural gas. Other natural resources of the country are the ores of iron and copper, gold, bauxites and phosphates. The population of Saudi Arabia is 33.4M, and 75% lives in the cities of Riyadh (6M), Jeddah (2.5M) and others. Like in other countries in the region, main working power ensure the migrants from Asia and Africa. The official language is Arabic, but English is in use for business purposes. Trade Structure In 2018 Saudi Arabia was the number 18 economy ...

Saudi Arabia consulting – export market guideSzymon Fyderek2020-09-07T11:51:16+00:00

Singapore consulting – export market guide

2 DOING BUSINESS 2020 RANKING 1 DAYS NEEDED TO EXPORT 64k GDP PER CAPITA (USD) SINGAPORE'S EXPORTS Strategic hub Singapore is a micro-state, located in South-East Asia, on an archipelago of islands, the largest of which is Singapore. It is a dynamically developing country with a strong, free-market economy. Singapore plays a key role in driving’s ASEAN’s growth. It is one of the richest and fastest growing countries in East Asia, which is why many foreign companies operating in this part of the world chose it as their main regional centre. Singapore Is 4th largest financial centre in the world and it is only ahead of London, New York and Tokyo. The economy of the country is mostly based on trade, services (mostly commercial and financial), transport and industry. In 2019, the services sector contributed 70% of GDP and industry sector contributed another 26%. The country has almost no natural resources which makes it heavily dependent on exports, especially when it comes to petroleum products, electronics, chemicals, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. In 2020, for the first time in 26 years, Singapore took first place in the Index of Economic Freedom. In the Doing Business 2020 Index, conducted by the World Bank Organisation, it took second place, right after New Zealand. Singapore’s workforce is considered to be one of the most qualified in the world and its ICT, financial and chemical sectors remain well developed. The country is also a very important centre of both regional and international trade. Logistic Centre The micro-state is a shipping hub of east Asian region. The port of Singapore is one of the largest ports in the world and is known for its high-quality services, what attracts around 140 thousand ships annually. There are 67 container harbours in Singapore sea port and in ...

Singapore consulting – export market guideSzymon Fyderek2020-09-07T11:53:32+00:00

Kenya consulting – export market guide

56. Doing Business 2020 Ranking 24 Days needed to import 1237,5 GDP per capita (USD) KENYA'S EXPORTS Strategic location Kenya is an East African country with the population of 53.5M, located on the coast of the Indian Ocean on the equator. Borders Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan on the north, Uganda on the west and Tanzania on the south. The Republic of Kenya, with the capital city of Nairobi, remains the 3rd biggest economy of Sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya, with its biggest port of Mombasa, remains an important trade centre that connects continental Africa, Arabian Peninsula and India. If you want to know more about the chances and challenges that await you in Kenya, click here. Currently Kenya is seen as a financial, communicative and logistic centre of Eastern Africa. The main trading partners of the country are China, India, Uganda, Tanzania and UAE. Agricultural lands covers 15% of Kenyan territory, but the agriculture is a dominant branch of the economy. The country has no significant fossil resources. The basic mineral mined in Kenya is washing soda from the coast of Magadi Lake. The Kenyan yield is responsible for 4% of global production of this compound. Other minerals and metals are also mined, including limestone, gold, salt, niobium, fluorite and fossil fuels, but the total value of mining industry is estimated for 1% GDP. Kenya is best known for its’ tea, coffee, tobacco and cut flowers cultivation, well developed thanks to the oceanic equatorial climate. The country also puts a great effort in the preservation of the wild environment by creating 27 large national parks and 34 reserves, with the best known Masai Mara and Nairobi National Park. The savanna, Great Rift Valley and Mt. Kenya, the second highest peak of the continent (5199 m AMSL) attract the tourists, amateurs of safari, hiking or off-road. ...

Kenya consulting – export market guideSzymon Fyderek2020-09-07T11:53:57+00:00

IT in Middle East – trends and new solutions

90% Procent mieszkańców Kuwejtu posiadających smartfona 5 Liczba godzin spędzanych przez mieszkańców Arabii Saudyjskiej na mediach społecznościowych dziennie PROGNOSIS ON THE GROWTH OF THE IT SECTOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST New technologies Middle East’s population is becoming younger, unlike Europe’s. Average age of the people living in this region stays at 26.8 years. Over 50% of MENA population is under 24. Large numbers of young people influence the trends. There is a growing market for new technologies and software. Young Arabs use social media frequently. In 2019 Facebook has had a 82% penetration rate in UAE. In the same year 91% of Kuwaitis older than 13 years old has had an account. The popularity of this site grows stronger year after year in the MENA region. Twitter has over 2,3 million Egyptian accounts and over 11 million in Saudi Arabia. That number rose significantly after a major investment of 300 million dollars made by the prince Waleed Bin Talal. Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, with lockdowns, closing of the shops, restaurants and supermarkets, made people more inclined to use the online options for shopping, communication and remote working. Every country in the region registered a major increase in the usage of the mobile applications, especially Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait. In March 2020 Persian Gulf announced a 883% increase of the usage of the communication platforms, 20% - of the news apps and 18% - mobile games with microtransactions systems. E-commerce market proved to be flexible and adaptive during the time of global crisis. According to the estimates from April 2020, estimated growth of the e-commerce sector, especially due to the growing interest in electronics, clothes, accessories and furniture, is supposed to reach 308 billion USD in 2023. Although many experts and specialists argue if the changes are here to stay. The unprecedented financial crisis that will follow the pandemic and ...

IT in Middle East – trends and new solutionsSzymon Fyderek2020-09-04T12:03:30+00:00

Renewable Energy in China

696 GW Moc którą można pozyskać w Chinach ze źródeł odnawialnych 521 mld USD Ogólna wartość inwestycji w energie odnawialne w Chinach 10 mln Liczba nowych miejsc pracy w Chinach w związku z energią odnawialną do 2050 roku ZUŻYCIE WĘGLA W CHINACH China – one of the biggest energy consumers in the world China is one of the biggest energy consumers and the biggest CO2 emitters on the Planet. The country is responsible for 1/3 global sulphur dioxide pollution. Because of that the Chinese environmental development plan is very challenging. The urgent need to lower the pollution to slow down the climate change and to avoid ecological and economic catastrophe imposes the turn to low-emission economy and renewable sources of energy. Moreover, the current energetic model has been causing loss in China’s GDP – 10% annually in last decades. Today the Chinese administration is highly motivated to reverse this tendency and invests a lot in renewable energy sources. The problem of pollution in China started in mid 1970s and is a direct result of Deng Xiaoping’s programme of “four modernisations”, which highly industrialised the country and raised the GDP with no looking back at the consequences. Until 2006 the environmental protection has not been a priority to the government, but just another branch of the economy. In 2006 the Chinese administration published a document changing the point of view. The text describing the difficult ecological situation in the country, i.e. lack of resources, environmental degradation etc., indicated the crucial need to change. Three key features were proposed: turn from GDP raise at all costs, more pressure on environmental protection and creation of administrative tools to help control and preserve the ecology. In 2012 the General Secretary of Communist Party Hu Jintao has highlighted the matter of environmental protection and transit to renewable sources of energy, ...

Renewable Energy in ChinaSzymon Fyderek2020-08-31T22:31:51+00:00

Coal Industry in the Middle East

36% global production of oil concentrated in the Middle East 2.4GW Energy produced via the coal energy plant Hassyan (UAE) 12% Coal usage in the UAE’s energy sector by the 2050 according to the ‘Vision 2050’ Prognosis of the coal usage in the Middle East High statistics of coal usage in the energy sector The biggest market for the hard coal is the Asia and Pacific region, which amounts to 54% of the global statistics. Middle East is more and more interested in the coal energy. Among the factors that influence those tendencies is the fact, that the Gulf countries are trying to avoid the supplementation costs. The coal is much cheaper than gas. More importantly, countries who heavily rely on oil are working towards diversification of their economies. China is the biggest and most present business partner for the Middle East in terms of coal usage. Iran Iran, who is listed among the most promising markets for export, is open for cooperation in the mining industry. In the 70’s the new steel combinate was established in the Isfahan region south from Teheran. Now it oversees two steel plants. In the Tabas region in the Great Salt Desert there is roughly 1 billion tons of coking coal. The extraction is challenging due to the shallow deposits. Another issue is the presence of methane gas and the location of the mines in the mountains, some as high as 2,000 meters above the sea level. Tabas has more deposits located on the lower angles (0,8-085m). Polskie urządzenia cieszą się w renomą UAE Coal mining industry in UAE is known for Al Nasr Coal located in the Dubai Airport Free Zone and Nizam Coal which oversees the Hi-NRG as well as Farlin-Dubai Group that unites the mining companies in the South Asian markets that ...

Coal Industry in the Middle EastSzymon Fyderek2020-09-04T10:09:17+00:00

Japan consulting – export market guides

29 Doing Business 2020 ranking 1,5 days needed to export 39k GDP per capita in USD JAPAN'S EXPORT 4th largest economy of the world Japan, due to its GDP and purchasing power parity, is among the global economic leaders..Its population is relatively richer than in France, Italy or Spain. Japanese economy is tied to the services (70%) and industry (29%). Its agriculture amounts to less than 1% of GDP. Services are the most dynamic sector, although during the last 5 years we can see a substantial growth in the industry. Although Japan is a home to the big corporations such as Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Sony, Hitachi or Toshiba, 99.5% of its companies are small or medium enterprises. Japanese economy is fuelled by the domestic consumption. The rate of the international trade to GDP equals roughly 32%, which is below the European and global average. Opportunities and key sectors Production of automobiles and other motor vehicles, electronics, machinery are listed among the most crucial sectors of Japanese economy. są sektory produkcji pojazdów silnikowych, wyposażenia elektrycznego, narzędzi maszynowych czy przetwórstwa stali i innych metali niezależnych.Substantial opportunities are also present in the energy, telecommunication, finance, food and design, as well as in fashion, medical supplies and pharmacy. As Japanese society ages, the healthcare sector is becoming more and more profitable. Due to its geographical location and a population of more than 126.5 million people, Japan relies on the imports of food. 60% of all of its needs is being imported, which creates a major opening for the European companies, especially after the Free Trade Agreement with the EU from 2015. Although its infrastructure, legal systems and taxation are similar to those in the European countries, Japan is commonly perceived as a challenging market due to its specific customer preferences, business culture and requirements concerning customer service ...

Japan consulting – export market guidesSzymon Fyderek2020-09-07T11:54:52+00:00

Electric cars in China

25% the rates of sector growth from 2020 to 2025 (CAGR) 50 bn dollars – the governmental investment in the sector 30 number of Chinese cities that are working towards using the electric vehicles in their city transportation Number of electric cars sold in 2019 Electric cars in China Electric cars in China generate half the global sales statistics. China became a leader in 2015. In 2016 it registered more than 350 thousand of electric cars. Between 2008 and 2016 the sector grew 4 times. In 2018 there was 1,6 electric cars per every 100 Chinese citizens. It’s a growing and promising sector for foreign investments. Electromobility in China Previously the unquestionable leader in the sector was the US., but the so called ‘electric boom’ that led to the registration of over 200 thousand electric cars in China in 2015 led the country to the very top of the world. 2 years later city of Shenzhen introduced a flotilla of the electric buses, and in 2018 implemented electric city taxis. Electric cars in China are also more popular than in the other countries. In 2018 alone China sold more than a million of vehicles, 3 times more than the US. Governmental investment in this sector account for more than 50 billion dollars, which led to tripling of the number of the Chinese local producers. Now there’s more than 400 of them. Current trends in China In 2019 the government closed half of the donations and investment in the sector, which led to the drop in sales. In the first months of 2020still grew from 4.5% to 4.7%, but the statistics of sales dropped from 26,8 million to 24,5 million. This tendency was fuelled by the Covid-19 pandemic. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers presented the statistics, that show the basic trends in the ...

Electric cars in ChinaSzymon Fyderek2020-09-04T09:59:33+00:00

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