Muscat, February 21 (QNA) - Non-oil exports in Oman rose during 2025 to almost OMR 6.7 billion, compared to OMR 6.2 billion in 2024, recording an increase of 7.5%.

The Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) stated in its monthly report that re-export activities registered growth of 20.3%, rising from OMR 1.708 billion in 2024 to OMR 2.056 billion in 2025.

Leading the Omani non-oil exports were products of the chemical industries and related industries, metals and their manufactured products, metallic goods, plastics, machinery, and electrical equipment.

The past year witnessed a decline in the value of oil exports, which fell to OMR 14.5 billion compared to OMR 17.1 billion in 2024, registering a decrease of 15.2%, affected insofar as the average price of Omani oil dropped to USD 71 per barrel, compared to USD 80.8 per barrel in 2024.

Total oil exports last year reached 307.9 million barrels compared to 308.4 million barrels in 2024, while the average daily oil production rose from 992.6 thousand barrels per day in 2024 to more than one million barrels per day in 2025.

The value of Omani commodity exports during the past year amounted to OMR 23.2 billion, recording a decline of 7.1% from the 2024 level of OMR 25 billion, affected by the decrease in oil exports, whereas registered commodity imports rose by 2.7%, from OMR 16.7 billion to more than OMR 17.1 billion.

Statistics indicated that the value of Oman's trade exchange reached OMR 40.4 billion last year, compared to OMR 41.7 billion in 2024, affected by the decline in the value of oil exports. (QNA)