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per cent of the manufactured exports in Bangladesh and 84
per cent in Pakistan. This is due to the high share of textile
fibers, yarn, fabrics and clothing in total manufacturing
exports in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The share of high-skill
and technology-intensive manufactures in Saudi Arabia,
Iran and Kuwait ranges between 70 to 82 per cent. When
looked into detail of the manufacturing exports in these
countries the share of chemical products ranged between
79 per cent to 65 per cent.
Table 4: Top Ten Manufactures Exporters by Degree of Manufacturing14, 2017 (per cent)
Share of
Manufacturing
in Total OIC
Manufacturing
Share of
Manufacturing
in Country's
Total Exports
Labour-
intensive and
resource-
intensive
manufactures
Low-skill and
technology-
intensive
manufactures
Medium-skill
and
technology-
intensive
manufactures
High-skill and
technology-
intensive
manufactures
Malaysia 20.8 66.7 9.5 4.6 19.0 66.8
United Arab Emirates 18.0 34.7 10.8 10.5 29.8 49.0
Turkey 17.3 76.6 30.2 14.7 40.7 14.3
Indonesia 10.2 41.8 38.2 10.1 25.0 26.7
Saudi Arabia 8.2 23.0 4.7 6.9 6.8 81.6
Bangladesh 4.8 94.9 97.4 0.7 0.8 1.0
Kuwait 2.8 35.4 3.1 4.0 23.1 69.8
Morocco 2.5 69.2 30.7 1.9 37.8 29.6
Pakistan 2.4 77.5 84.3 2.2 3.8 9.7
Iran 2.3 17.5 8.7 9.9 4.2 77.3
Source: UNCTADSTAT
2.2. Main Characteristics of Total OIC Merchandise Imports
The leading five exporters in total OIC exports were at the same time the main importers.
Figure 22: OIC Imports fromWorld-2017
Source: IMF Direction of Trade Statistics
As in the case with total extra-OIC exports, total extra-OIC imports originated mainly from
developed countries except China, which was in the first place as 16.5 percent of extra-OIC
14 Classification of products by degree of manufacturing is available at UNCTADstat,
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
UAE
Turkey
Malaysia
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Egypt
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Algeria
Billion Dollars
“High technology
manufactures account
for 44 per cent of OIC
manufactured goods
exports”