Saudi Arabia Black Markets Value: $4 Billion



Data on Saudi Arabia


Sauid Arabia Counterfeit Market

The Counterfeit Goods Market is estimated to be $4 billion in Saudi Arabia.

Source:  Press Release, “KSA parallel counterfeit brands market close to US$ 4 billion p.a.,” Sahafa, February 26, 2009.

Price of Cocaine in the Middle East

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Cocaine in the Middle East.

Country Wholesale Price
(per kilogram
Retail Price
(per gram)
Iran NA 126.3
Israel 59,000 80
Jordan 70,081 91.1
Lebanon 30,000 45
Saudi Arabia NA 119.8
Syria 40,000 50

Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Price of Heroin in the Middle East

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Heroin in the Middle East.

Country Wholesale Price
(per kilogram)
Retail Price
(per gram)
Iran 3,337.9 12.7
Israel 25,000 45
Jordan 19,622.7 35
Lebanon 3,000 10
Saudi Arabia NA 52.2
Syria 15,000 16

Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Saudi Arabia Black Markets

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