The 42nd meeting of the GCC Industrial Cooperation Committee kicked off in Riyadh on Thursday.

    The State of Qatar's delegation was led by HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada. The GCC industry ministers along with a delegation of the GCC General Secretariat took part in the meeting.

    The meeting discussed a number of topics of interest to the industrial sector in the GCC countries, and on the agenda mainly Controls for the Exemption of Industry Inputs in the GCC member states, the decision of the Committee on Financial and Economic Cooperation on the recommendation of the Industrial Cooperation Committee to amend the fees on imports of rebar as well as a draft document on the Development Strategy industrial of non-oil exports of the GCC countries and approving the final version of a draft law Standard Industrial organization of the GCC member States and its regulations.