“Saudi Tech” Membership
for Local Tech Products

The Made in Saudi program is one of the national initiatives and logistics services, under the supervision of the Saudi Export Development Authority. It aims to support national projects by encouraging local consumers to buy locally produced products, and to encourage Saudi companies to export to priority markets. The Made in Saudi program seeks to enhance the growth and expansion opportunities for companies under a unified industrial identity. This will allow them to expand their national products and promote them locally and globally. In addition to benefiting from government services and incentives, and exchanging experiences with member companies through the program's electronic portal.

There are no fees for issuing a no objection certificate and there are no fees for joining any of the Made in Saudi membership stages.

It is a national platform under the supervision of the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) to enable and support the IT and ET market, in order to raise the level of transparency in the market, achieve fair competition, develop and develop the sector, in addition to creating a reference guide for establishments operating in the sector.

The platform can be accessed through the link.

It is the set of rights that protect human thought and creativity, including copyright and related rights, patents, trademarks, industrial models, and layout designs for integrated circuits.

Yes, it is required to submit a document to prove that the company owns any of the intellectual property rights of the product, such as a trademark, copyright, or patent, etc.

This can be done by submitting declarations that there is a team inside Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing work related to research and innovation to develop the product, or studying customer needs related to the product, designing the product, or manufacturing or developing product and product management activates, etc.

It means the company's activity must belong to one of the economic activities related to ICT in accordance with the National Classification for the Economic Activities (ISIC4), which is all the work or services that the company practices or provides that generate a financial return for it.

The National Classification for the Economic Activities (ISIC4) can be reach through the link.

The product category must belong to the main classification of Information Technology and Emerging Technologies sector (Software, Hardwar, Emerging Technologies).

The Guidance document for of Information Technology and Emerging Technologies sector Classification can be viewed through the link.