The Country's main industrial centers are: Mesaieed (formerly called UmmSaid) about 45km south of Doha, where Qatar steel Company, Qatar Fertiliser Company and a number of other ventures for athe petrochemicals industry are located; the Salwa industrial area on the outskirts of Doha, where there are a number of small-scale industries including food processing and garment manufacture, furniture and detrgent manufacture, as well as auto-repair workshops and major servicing centers for a number of car dealers; and Ras Laffan in the north east. Ras Laffan industrial City was built to provide the infrastructure for the development of Qatar's north Gas field, and whilst production and export of condensates and liquefied natural gas(LNG) began in 1996, the City was officially inaugrated in Oct 1999. The port with its long main and lee breakwaters, provides one of the largest LNG exporting terminals to the world.
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