The most important strategic goals of the state of Qatar in the industrial field are to expand and optimize the utilization of the added value of the country's natural resources, besides diversifying the sources of income, especially from the industry in its capacity as the second mainstay of the Qatari economy; increasing the ratio of contribution of manufacturing industries in the gross domestic product (GDP); creating and spreading an industrial culture; accelerating the driving force behind sustainable development; upholding self-reliance and grasping the modern scientific and technological advances to increase the potential for competition and adaptation to the requirements of the export market.
The state encourages the investment of savings and surplus financial resources of the private sector in the stocks of the new industrial projects and privatizes part of its national basic industries to open more avenues for private investments in the industrial field.
Qatar seeks to develop its daily production capacity of crude oil, natural gas and gas-associated condensates to about one million barrel, 12 billion cubic feet and half a million barrels, respectively.
It plans to raise the annual production capacity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the current level of 13 million tons to about 30 million tons by the end of 2010.

It has also been decided that the output capacity of the three-train natural gas liquids complex be raised by adding a fourth and a fifth trains by the end of 2010.

Qatar Industrial Development Bank (QIDB)
Established by the emiri decree No (14) for 1997, QIDB aims to enhance the Qatari economy and diversify its production structure base through participating actively in industrial activities, securing easy-term financing for new industrial projects, supporting the existing industries and helping them secure financial support from local and overseas sources, as well as introducing technological know-how. It also conducts studies, extends advice, promotes successful industrial projects and works to develop small and meduim-scale industrial projects and follow up their performance.