{"id":70240,"date":"2023-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/04\/18\/today-saudi-arabia-launches-four-economic-zones-clashes-in-sudan-bring-country-to-a-halt\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"today-saudi-arabia-launches-four-economic-zones-clashes-in-sudan-bring-country-to-a-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/04\/18\/today-saudi-arabia-launches-four-economic-zones-clashes-in-sudan-bring-country-to-a-halt\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY: Saudi Arabia launches four economic zones + clashes in Sudan bring country to a halt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Good morning, nice people.<\/span><span style=\"\"> We have a packed issue for you this morning with plenty of news<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to catch up on, from diplomatic detentes to new economic zones and logistics parks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">THE BIG LOGISTICS STORY- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Saudi Arabia has launched four new Special Economic Zones in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">kingdom <\/span><span style=\"\">to reinforce its position as a global investment hub, located in Riyadh, Jazan, Ras al Khair, and King Abdullah Economic City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">HAPPENING TODAY-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <a id=\"wwtt1\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Supply chain issues see polarized opinions among global finance: <\/span><span>Discussions between finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington have highlighted deep differences in opinions on the best course for the global economy, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-14\/global-economic-chiefs-split-over-rich-world-call-for-resilience\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span> reported last week<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. G7 leaders talked up the need for more built-in \u201cresilience\u201d in global supply chains, while the IMF warned about \u201cfragmentation\u201d and a bleak outlook for the global economy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Western leaders are calling for measures to centralize supply chains and bring them under their control<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, or what US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calls \u201cfriendshoring,\u201d Bloomberg reports. On the other hand, IMF chief Kristina Georgieva warns that efforts to promote supply chain resilience risk leading to \u201cfragmentation\u201d in the global economy if they are pursued too aggressively, Bloomberg reports. At the center of that risk is the growing rift between the US and China. Poorer countries are particularly at risk in such a scenario as they would be forced to make difficult decisions on which trade bloc they wish to join. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt2\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Clashes in Sudan leave hundreds dead, close the country\u2019s airspace:<\/span><span style=\"\">Battles <\/span><span>between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces continue for the fourth day, despite international efforts to end the fighting, t<\/span><span>he <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-65293538\" style=\"\">BBC<\/a><\/span><span> reports.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> More than 100 people have died since Saturday in violence between the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. Both sides have claimed to control key parts of the city, including the airport and the presidential palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">All flights to and from Khartoum International Airport have been suspended<\/span><span>, with<\/span><span> flight tracking website <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/15.86,31.89\/4\" style=\"\">Flightradar24 showing<\/a><\/span><span> empty skies over the country. <\/span><span>Several civilian and military aircraft were destroyed at Khartoum International Airport, <\/span><span>according to satellite images shown by the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/world-africa-65285254\" style=\"\">BBC<\/a><\/span><span>. A commercial aircraft belonging to KSA carrier Saudia was also struck by gunfire while on the airport\u2019s tarmac, according to <\/span><span>a report by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/saudi-arabia\/2023\/04\/15\/Saudia-aircraft-damaged-by-gunfire-in-Sudan-cabin-crew-safe\" style=\"\">Al Arabiya<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt3\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Dubai\u2019s Floating Bridge will be closed to traffic for five weeks as of yesterday to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">make way for major maintenance work<\/span><span>, according to a Road Transport Authority (RTA) <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rta.ae\/wps\/portal\/rta\/ae\/home\/news-and-media\/all-news\/NewsDetails\/floating-bridge-to-close-for-5-weeks-for-maintenance-2023?lang=en\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Traffic will be rerouted along alternative routes including Al Maktoum Bridge, Infinity Bridge, and Al Garhoud Bridge among other roads and crossings, the press release added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\"><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">WATCH THIS SPACE- Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly discussed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">proposals to facilitate investment procedures concerning cross-border trade <\/span><span>with Egypt\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gafi.gov.eg\/English\/Pages\/default.aspx\" style=\"\">General Authority for Investment and Freezones<\/a><\/span><span> (GAFI), in a bid to attract more foreign and local investments to support the local economy, according to an Egyptian <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02H8xPQ2nqSSzUH5vHgCKrKuPhHdn3moA6fanASTRRyZfz3nGwUV5gbHKkS9gbMy7wl\" style=\"\">cabinet statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. GAFI CEO Hossam Heiba discussed with Madbouly the possibility of integrating local data with international data systems to provide detailed, electronic data for shipments through carrier companies. The two also discussed facilitating customs release procedures for freezone projects, the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt4\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">DATA POINT #1- Tunisia\u2019s trade deficit narrowed 12% y-o-y in 1Q 2023<\/span><span> to c.TND 3.85 bn, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ins.tn\/en\/statistiques\/50\" style=\"\">data<\/a><\/span><span> published by Tunisia\u2019s National Institute of Statistics (INS). This came on the back of a 10.9% y-o-y uptick in exports to TND 15.6 bn, outpacing a 5.5% rise in imports, the INS said in a note picked up by Tunisian state news agency <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tap.info.tn\/en\/Portal-Economy\/16181650-trade-deficit\" style=\"\">Agence Tunis Afrique Presse<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><span> M<\/span><span>echanical and electrical industries accounted for the biggest share (18.8%) of the country\u2019s exports, followed by textiles and clothing at 17.8%, and the food industry at 8.2%, according to the data. Exports to the EU, which make up 72.3% of Tunisia\u2019s exports, rose 16.3% y-o-y during the quarter, while imports from the bloc rose 2.8% y-o-y to TND 8.5 bn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">DATA POINT #2- Dubai has processed a record 7 mn customs transactions in 1Q <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">2023<\/span><span>, <\/span><span style=\"\">Dubai Customs Director General and CEO of the Ports, Customs and Freezone Corporation <\/span><span style=\"\">Ahmed Mahboob Musabih said, according to <\/span><span>UAE state news agency <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303148462\" style=\"\">Wam<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. The authority also handled 112 cases of intellectual property disputes involving 9.6 mn  counterfeit goods worth AED 28.85 mn in the quarter, Wam reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">DATA POINT #3- Saudi\u2019s Mawani reported a 21.14% y-o-y increase in handling <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">container volumes to 693.5k TEUs in March<\/span><span>, according to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mawani.gov.sa\/en-us\/MediaCenter\/NewsCenter\/Pages\/Saudi-Ports-Log-21.14-Growth-in-March-Container-Numbers-.aspx\" style=\"\">press release<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Exports in March rose c.18% y-o-y to 195.5 TEUs, while imports grew 37% y-o-y to 224.2 TEUs in March. Transshipments also rose 13% y-o-y to 274.8 TEUs were recorded during the month, whereas total cargo volumes for the month rose 5.8% y-o-y to 26 mn tons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 subscribe-box-panel\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h4 class=\"fw-lighter mb-10\">            Get <b style=\"font-weight: 700\">Enterprise<\/b> daily          <\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-10\">The roundup of news and trends that move your markets and shape corporate agendas delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>       <a href=\"logistics\/en\/user\/NewsLetters\" type=\"button \" class=\"btn-green px-3 d-flex align-items-center\">Subscribe here<\/a>      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">COME TO OUR NEXT ENTERPRISE FORUM- <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exportsfdi.enterprise.press\/registration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/3\/632.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The Enterprise Exports & FDI Forum, our latest industry-specific conference, is taking place on Monday, 15 May at Four Seasons, Nile Plaza. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The Enterprise Exports & FDI Forum will give insiders and newcomers alike the chance to talk about how to develop an export-centered business and how their companies can help us build an export-led economy that makes us a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s the Enterprise Exports & FDI Forum?<\/span><span style=\"\"> In the wake of successive floats of EGP, exports and FDI have never been more important to our economy \u2014 or our businesses. 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