Saudi Arabia extends foreign investment licenses to 5 years

27/02/2018 06:17 AST

Saudi Arabia extended foreign investment licences to a renewable period of up to five years from one year, in the latest step to broaden the oil-dependent economy.

Ebrahim Al Suwayel, deputy governor for investors’ services at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, said the move aimed to bolster the country’s economic changes.

Officials have already seen “a positive effect on new investment, following the recent regulation to reduce the time taken to issue business licences from two days to just four hours,” he said in a statement.

Saudi Arabia is entering a crucial year for Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s plan to remake the economy, dubbed Vision 2030, as officials try to raise government revenue without snuffing out economic growth. It introduced a 5 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on January 1 alongside higher fees for foreign workers and subsidy cuts that drove up fuel and electricity prices.


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