{"version":"1","article":{"id":"qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","slug":"qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026?lang=en","title":"Eleven factories began production in Qatar in the second quarter","summary":"Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said 11 factories started production in the second quarter of 2026. The year-to-date total reached 28 factories with combined investment of QAR253 million.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T23:31:12+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T23:31:12+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-01","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Qatar Ministry of Commerce and Industry","url":"https://www.moci.gov.qa/en/news/543","publishedAt":"2026-09-01","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-q2-industrial-results-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"qatar-q2-factory-and-export-indicators","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Katar’ın ikinci çeyrek sanayi göstergeleri","en":"Qatar second-quarter industrial indicators","ar":"مؤشرات الصناعة القطرية في الربع الثاني","fr":"Indicateurs industriels du Qatar au deuxième trimestre","es":"Indicadores industriales de Qatar en el segundo trimestre"},"description":{"tr":"Bakanlığın 2026 ikinci çeyrek performans raporundaki sanayi, fabrika başlangıcı ve ihracat ölçüleri.","en":"Industrial investment, factory starts and export measures in the ministry’s second-quarter 2026 review.","ar":"مقاييس الاستثمار الصناعي وبدء المصانع والتصدير في مراجعة الوزارة للربع الثاني من 2026.","fr":"Mesures d’investissement industriel, de démarrage d’usines et d’exportation dans le bilan ministériel du deuxième trimestre 2026.","es":"Medidas de inversión industrial, inicios de fábricas y exportación del informe ministerial del segundo trimestre de 2026."},"methodology":{"tr":"Kaynağın bildirdiği değerler ve kapsamlar korunmuştur. 248,44 milyar riyal kümülatif stoktur; 253 milyon riyal, yıl başından beri üretime başlayan 28 fabrika için bildirilen toplam yatırımdır. İhracat yapan fabrika payı yüzde 23’ten yüzde 25’e çıkarak 2 yüzde puan artmıştır. Özel sektör ihracatındaki yüzde 12,5 artış kaynakta verilen, yuvarlanmış tutarlardan yeniden hesaplanmamış orandır.","en":"Preserves the source’s values and scopes. QAR248.44bn is a cumulative stock; QAR253m is the combined investment reported for 28 factories starting production since year start. Exporting-factory share rose from 23% to 25%, a 2-percentage-point increase. The 12.5% change in private-sector exports is the source’s stated rate, not recalculated from rounded amounts.","ar":"يحافظ على القيم والنطاقات الواردة في المصدر. مبلغ 248.44 مليار ريال رصيد تراكمي؛ أما 253 مليون ريال فهو الاستثمار المجمع المعلن لـ28 مصنعاً بدأت الإنتاج منذ بداية العام. وارتفعت حصة المصانع المصدرة من 23% إلى 25%، أي نقطتين مئويتين. ونسبة 12.5% لصادرات القطاع الخاص هي النسبة المنشورة، وليست محسوبة من مبالغ مقربة.","fr":"Conserve les valeurs et périmètres de la source. Les 248,44 milliards QAR constituent un stock cumulé ; les 253 millions QAR sont l’investissement total déclaré pour 28 usines ayant démarré depuis le début de l’année. La part des usines exportatrices est passée de 23 % à 25 %, soit 2 points. Le taux de 12,5 % pour les exportations privées est celui publié par la source, sans recalcul à partir de montants arrondis.","es":"Conserva los valores y alcances de la fuente. Los 248.44 mil millones de QAR son un stock acumulado; los 253 millones son la inversión conjunta comunicada para 28 fábricas que iniciaron desde comienzos de año. La proporción exportadora subió del 23 % al 25 %, es decir, 2 puntos porcentuales. El 12.5 % de crecimiento de exportaciones privadas es la tasa publicada, no un cálculo a partir de importes redondeados."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.moci.gov.qa/en/news/543"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T20:17:16+00:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Kümülatif sanayi yatırımı","en":"Cumulative industrial investment","ar":"الاستثمار الصناعي التراكمي","fr":"Investissement industriel cumulé","es":"Inversión industrial acumulada"},"value":248.44,"unit":"billion QAR","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-cumulative-industrial-investment","unitCode":"billion-qar","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"İkinci çeyrekte üretime başlayan fabrikalar","en":"Factories starting production in Q2","ar":"مصانع بدأت الإنتاج في الربع الثاني","fr":"Usines ayant démarré au T2","es":"Fábricas que iniciaron en T2"},"value":11,"unit":"count","period":"2026-06","periodStart":"2026-04","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-factories-started-production-q2","unitCode":"count","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Yılbaşından ikinci çeyrek sonuna kadar üretime başlayan fabrikalar","en":"Factories starting production year-to-date through Q2","ar":"مصانع بدأت الإنتاج منذ بداية العام حتى نهاية الربع الثاني","fr":"Usines démarrées depuis le début de l’année jusqu’au T2","es":"Fábricas iniciadas desde el comienzo del año hasta T2"},"value":28,"unit":"count","period":"2026-06","periodStart":"2026-01","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-factories-started-production-ytd","unitCode":"count","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"cumulative","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Bu fabrikalar için bildirilen birleşik yatırım","en":"Combined reported investment for these factories","ar":"الاستثمار المجمع المعلن لهذه المصانع","fr":"Investissement total déclaré pour ces usines","es":"Inversión conjunta comunicada para estas fábricas"},"value":253000000,"unit":"QAR","period":"2026-06","periodStart":"2026-01","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-ytd-new-factory-investment","unitCode":"qar","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"cumulative","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"İhracat yapan fabrika payı, birinci çeyrek","en":"Share of exporting factories, Q1","ar":"حصة المصانع المصدرة في الربع الأول","fr":"Part des usines exportatrices au T1","es":"Proporción de fábricas exportadoras en T1"},"value":23,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-03","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-exporting-factory-share","unitCode":"percent","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"İhracat yapan fabrika payı, ikinci çeyrek","en":"Share of exporting factories, Q2","ar":"حصة المصانع المصدرة في الربع الثاني","fr":"Part des usines exportatrices au T2","es":"Proporción de fábricas exportadoras en T2"},"value":25,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-exporting-factory-share","unitCode":"percent","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Özel sektör ihracatı, birinci çeyrek","en":"Private-sector exports, Q1","ar":"صادرات القطاع الخاص في الربع الأول","fr":"Exportations du secteur privé au T1","es":"Exportaciones del sector privado en T1"},"value":0.8,"unit":"billion QAR","period":"2026-03","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-private-sector-exports","unitCode":"billion-qar","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Özel sektör ihracatı, ikinci çeyrek","en":"Private-sector exports, Q2","ar":"صادرات القطاع الخاص في الربع الثاني","fr":"Exportations du secteur privé au T2","es":"Exportaciones del sector privado en T2"},"value":0.9,"unit":"billion QAR","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"qatar-private-sector-exports","unitCode":"billion-qar","geography":"qatar","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"qatar-q2-factory-and-export-indicators","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; 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The ministry reported that 28 factories had started production from the beginning of 2026 through the end of the second quarter, with combined investment of QAR253 million. The announcement brings together indicators discussed at the minister’s quarterly meeting across several sectors. These figures describe factories that began production during the stated windows and the investment total reported for that group; they are not a count of all industrial facilities or all investment in Qatar’s industrial sector.","The ministry separately put cumulative investment in the industrial sector at QAR248.44 billion. That is a cumulative stock figure, not new spending made during the second quarter. The QAR253 million figure and QAR248.44 billion total therefore have different scopes: the former is the combined investment attributed to 28 factories that began production since the start of the year, while the latter is the cumulative industrial-sector investment. The ministry linked the new starts to expansion of the industrial base, but it did not report the factories’ output volumes or production capacity. The release does not break down either investment figure by subsector.","The same quarterly review included export indicators. The ministry said the share of factories that export rose from 23 percent in the first quarter to 25 percent in the second, a difference of 2 percentage points. Private-sector exports increased from QAR0.8 billion in the first quarter to QAR0.9 billion in the second, which the ministry reported as growth of 12.5 percent. Because the two monetary totals are rounded in the source, the stated 12.5 percent is retained as published rather than recalculated from the rounded figures. The release does not provide a breakdown by exported product or destination market.","Together, the measures describe separate parts of the industrial picture: factories starting operations, investment attributed to those factories, the accumulated sector investment stock and the share of factories participating in exports. A single quarterly review cannot establish which subsectors drove the change, how many jobs the new plants created or how much local input they use. The ministry’s wider release also covers service processing times, digital services and other departmental activities; those are not the same measure as factory investment or output. This report focuses on the indicators the ministry directly tied to industrial production and exports.","The ministry also said the processing time for an initial approval had been reduced to one working day. That is an administrative service measure for an approval step; it does not mean factory construction or the time to begin production takes one day. Future reporting on output, employment, exports and capacity for the factories that started operations would help assess their economic contribution. The current release reports 28 production starts and QAR253 million in combined investment for those facilities, but it does not state realized production value or a forward investment target."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said 11 factories started production in the second quarter of 2026. The year-to-date total reached 28 factories with combined investment of QAR253 million.\n\nQatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said 11 new factories began production between April and June in a second-quarter performance review published on September 1. The ministry reported that 28 factories had started production from the beginning of 2026 through the end of the second quarter, with combined investment of QAR253 million. The announcement brings together indicators discussed at the minister’s quarterly meeting across several sectors. These figures describe factories that began production during the stated windows and the investment total reported for that group; they are not a count of all industrial facilities or all investment in Qatar’s industrial sector.\n\nThe ministry separately put cumulative investment in the industrial sector at QAR248.44 billion. That is a cumulative stock figure, not new spending made during the second quarter. The QAR253 million figure and QAR248.44 billion total therefore have different scopes: the former is the combined investment attributed to 28 factories that began production since the start of the year, while the latter is the cumulative industrial-sector investment. The ministry linked the new starts to expansion of the industrial base, but it did not report the factories’ output volumes or production capacity. The release does not break down either investment figure by subsector.\n\nThe same quarterly review included export indicators. The ministry said the share of factories that export rose from 23 percent in the first quarter to 25 percent in the second, a difference of 2 percentage points. Private-sector exports increased from QAR0.8 billion in the first quarter to QAR0.9 billion in the second, which the ministry reported as growth of 12.5 percent. Because the two monetary totals are rounded in the source, the stated 12.5 percent is retained as published rather than recalculated from the rounded figures. The release does not provide a breakdown by exported product or destination market.\n\nTogether, the measures describe separate parts of the industrial picture: factories starting operations, investment attributed to those factories, the accumulated sector investment stock and the share of factories participating in exports. A single quarterly review cannot establish which subsectors drove the change, how many jobs the new plants created or how much local input they use. The ministry’s wider release also covers service processing times, digital services and other departmental activities; those are not the same measure as factory investment or output. This report focuses on the indicators the ministry directly tied to industrial production and exports.\n\nThe ministry also said the processing time for an initial approval had been reduced to one working day. That is an administrative service measure for an approval step; it does not mean factory construction or the time to begin production takes one day. Future reporting on output, employment, exports and capacity for the factories that started operations would help assess their economic contribution. The current release reports 28 production starts and QAR253 million in combined investment for those facilities, but it does not state realized production value or a forward investment target.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}