Saudi Arabia Dry Logistics (Transportation, Warehousing, Custom Clearance, Value added services) Market Outlook to 2025

1. Average prices for the following services:
   1. Customs clearance (import/export) for containers and heavy parcels
   2. Transportation between cities:

                                                              i.      Containers and heavy parcels (imported/exported)

                                                            ii.      Shipping final goods between cities withing Saudi Arabia

                                                          iii.      Customs clearance and transportation for transit containers

1. Storage containers and the value-added services attached to it (loading containers, offloading containers, empty containers’ contents)
2. Storage dry pallets on the shelves and the value-added services attached to it (move pallets in, move pallets out, packing)
3. Storage loose goods products by square meter in company’s yard and covered area.
4. Size of the logistics market in Saudi Arabia with mentioning the big players names in the market with percentages of their market share. (with consideration for the targeted services)
5. Size of the logistics market in Saudi based on these cities (Riyadh-Jeddah-Dammam-Rabigh)
6. New free zones in Saudi Arabia (58 free zones), now 3 only, which are approved in Jeddah-Riyadh-Dammam. (we believe that free zones area are representing potential market for logistics services in general e.g. Mina Jebel Aliin UAE)
7. Percentage of targeted logistics services from the total logistics market size (e.g. how much the targeted services such as customs clearance, storage dry containers, storage dry pallets, dry containers transportation, dry final goods transportation) note: cold transportation and cold storage are not included in the targeted services.
8. Last 10 years statistics of imported/exported containers/heavy in Saudi Arabia based on the ports (11 seaports, 16 land entry points, airports)
9. Expected growth rate on the imported/exported containers based on the ports for the next 10 years with CAGR.
10. Expected growth rate on the logistics industry in Saudi Arabia for the next 10 years with CAGR.
11. List the IT systems with average costs (Accounting and Inventory management) which mainly used by the logistics companies. Note: that cold storage and transportation are not targeted services. 
12. List main challenges in the logistics industry in Saudi Arabia for examples, not limited to:
    1. Increase on operating costs
    2. Availability of skilled workers
    3. Lateness in customs clearance process
    4. Limitation of railway network
    5. Limitation of regulations in logistics industry
    6. New regulations in the pipeline
    7. VAT
13. The logic sequence in client’sdecisionfor demanding the logistic services (based on which point the client build his statement that he need to have logistic services provider)
14. SWOT analysis for logistics services (targeted services only)
15. Advantages and government support for the logistics industry in Saudi Arabia for example:
    1. Geographic location of Saudi Arabia between (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
    2. New free zones, which Saudi government plan to create.
    3. Saudi Government support for industrial support, which will lead to increase export growth rate in the future, which call for strong logistics industry
    4. Saudi government initiative to speed up the customs clearance in all Saudi Ports, transit containers, new free zones)
    5. Financial government supports for logistics companies in Saudi Arabia (e.g. Saudi Industrial Development Fund)
16. Government regulations, which affect the logistics industry:
    1. Import regulation
    2. Export regulation
    3. Rules, conditions, and licenses for warehouses (dry storage only)
    4. Law of Public Transport on Roads of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia           
17. Size of yearly imports to Saudi Arabia based on country and products and size of yearly export to other counties based on county and products.
18. Revenue and costs model for the targeted services with the value-added services:
    1. Customs clearance
    2. Ocean freight (coordination only)
    3. Storage (containers, pallets, final goods)
    4. Value-added services (e.g. packing, pallets preparing, pallets in/out, containers in/out, empty the container content)
    5. Set measurement standards for expected CAPEX (e.g.):

                                                              i.      Cost for building a warehouse (cost per pallet-dry pallet only)

                                                            ii.      Cost for preparing storage yard for dry container

                                                          iii.      Cost for preparing offices and labor housing on storage yard

                                                          iv.      Cost for preparing offices “if needed” in Riyadh dry port and Dammam seaport.

                                                            v.      Cost for tools and equipment needed (e.g. containers forklift, pallets forklift)

1. Needed manpower with average cost and job title. Name which one his job nature calls for providing cars for getting the daily work done.
2. Average operating cost for trucks – dry transportation only
3. Average operating cost for warehouse – dry storage only (par pallet)   
4. Average operating cost for containers yard – dry storage only
5. competition on the market in the logistics industry with information about the big players in the market:
   1. Global companies (number of fleet (dedicated for containers transportation, storage capacity for dry pallets, custom clearance prices, storage capacity for dry containers, prices for pallets and containers capacity with value added prices, containers transportation prices, and main local clients)
   2. Local companies (number of fleet (dedicated for containers transportation, storage capacity for dry pallets, custom clearance prices, storage capacity for dry containers, prices for pallets and containers capacity with value added prices, containers transportation prices, and main local clients)
6. Success factors for logistics companies in Saudi Arabia.
7. Analysis of the end users’ needs in logistics industry in Saudi Arabia.
   1. Name the most important end user in logistics services with expectation of their yearly need e.g. yearly imported/exported containers, storage services, containers transportation) to name a few important potential namesAbdullah Al-Othaim Markets Company, Danube Company, Panda Retail Company, and others which logistics services are must need for them.
8. Main analysis and recommendations in logistics services industry