(SULTANATE OF OMAN)
(WIPO code: OM) (latest review November 2022)
Oman
General Information
Area
309,500 sq. km.
Population
3,764,348 (2022).
Capital
Muscat.
Languages
Arabic (official) and English (widely spoken).
Currency
Omani riyal.
Production
Dates, lucernes, limes, other fruits and vegetables, oil and oil products.
Imports
Beverages and tobacco, raw materials, mineral fuels, lubricants, animal and vegetable oils and fats, chemicals, food and live animals, manufactured goods and materials, machinery and transport equipment, miscellaneous manufactures, unclassified articles.
Exports
Oil, oil products, limes, fresh and dried dates, fresh and dried tobacco, fish.
General Remarks
The Sultanate of Oman physically consists of three areas: a coastal plain, a range of mountains and a plateau. Oman’s neighbors are the Republic of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Omanis have always been skilled seamen and they developed trading links with Africa and India which brought Oman to its period of greatest power and wealth in the 19th century. Oil is Oman’s primary wealth, but developments have taken place in industry, agriculture, public health, etc.