QATAR National Vision 2030 was launched in 2008 with an aim of making Qatar an advanced nation where the citizens and residents could enjoy a high standard of living condition by 2030. The vision serves as a roadmap to achieve comprehensive development in all sectors, on top economic growth and development of human and natural resources. Economic development, as the engine that drives progress is an essential part of this vision where it provides citizens and residents of Qatar with better opportunities in various aspects of their lives.
To achieve this, the State of Qatar has been working for decades in different dimensions and fields of development, diversifying economy and enhancing the role of private sector and public sector among its top priorities. This well-managed vision and strategies have guaranteed the economy a stable and sustainable business environment, which made the country not only meet its local needs of different products, but also set the stage for providing foreign markets with Qatari products. Encouragement of private sector by increasing competition, attracting more investments, and stimulating growth to take share in foreign markets exporting Qatari products, are also essential steps which were taken earlier within the framework of the vision.
Creating sustainable business environment and exploring opportunities is another area the government worked on locally and globally, such as obtaining code for locally-made products which was achieved recently. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and the Qatar Development Bank (QDB) announced on Friday that the State of Qatar had obtained the right to establish a barcode office for Qatari products. The decision was made by unanimous vote by the General Assembly of GS1. The Ministry pointed out that Qatar obtained the code 630 for locally-made products that can be exported abroad or even traded within the country.
The importance of this step comes in finding a special global commercial tracking code for Qatar, which is provided by GS1 with tracking technology for manufactured products inside the State of Qatar starting from manufacturing to the product reaching the consumer inside and outside the State of Qatar, the ministry explained.The Ministry said that the office will start operating during the last quarter of this year, through direct coordination with the Qatari private sector.
This important step will enhance the role of private sector and boost export of Qatari products expansion of local products and services which will help increase of non-oil exports. Obtaining code 630 is a landmark success which will boom the manufacturing sector of Qatar.
