Saturday 13 / December / 2025
Muscat: Oman’s trade surplus fell by 42% to OMR3.885 billion, by end of September 2025 compared to OMR6.743 billion during the same period in 2024.
The initial statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the total value of goods exports decreased by 9.1% to OMR17.182 billion by end of September 2025 compared to OMR18.906 billion during the same period in 2024.
This decrease is basically attributed to the decrease in the Sultanate’s oil and gas exports by 16.5% to OMR10.913 billion by the end of September 2025 compared to OMR13.071 billion during the same period in 2024.
The Sultanate’s non-oil exports grew by 10.3% to OMR5.002 billion by the end of September 2025 against OMR4.534 billion during the same period in 2024.
Re-exports decreased by 2.6% by the end of September 2025 to OMR1.266 billion compared to OMR1.300 billion during the same period in 2024.
The NCSI statistics further showed an increase in the total registered goods imports to OMR13.297 billion by the end of September 2025 compared to OMR12.163 billion during the corresponding period in 2024, registering an increase of 9.3%.
Among Omani non-oil export destinations, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) topped the list, with exports worth OMR945 million, an increase of 28.3%, by the end of September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The UAE also topped the list of countries to which Oman re-exported, by OMR484 million, as well as the list of the countries exporting to Oman by the value of imports from it at OMR3.071 billion.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) came second in the list of the Sultanate’s non-oil exports by OMR837 million followed by India at OMR529 million. In the re-exports, Iran came second at OMR225 million followed by KSA at OMR 113 million.
In the list of countries exporting to Oman, China came second with imports of OMR1.348 billion followed by Kuwait with imports worth OMR1.151 billion.
