On the basis of the international definitions and concepts of industrial statistics, this issue presents the industrial situation in Arab countries through a set of main indicators relating to industrial production. These indicators include: productivity, trade in manufactured products, average wages of employees and the gender gap between employees in the manufacturing industries. This bulletin presents the statistics for the Arab countries in detailed tables for each country that cover the number of establishments and employees, wages and salaries, output, value added, industrial production indices and the main industrial products. Data in this bulletin was derived from national sources and certain specialized publications issued by Arab and international organizations.