Import permits mandatory for companies, ministry warns

Muscat: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources has urged companies that are importing agricultural and animal consignments through all ports in the Sultanate of Oman to obtain  import permits.

"The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries  and Water Resources stresses on all companies importing agricultural and animal consignments through all ports in the Sultanate of Oman, the necessity of obtaining the necessary agricultural and animal import permits well before shipping the consignment, in order to avoid rejection of the consignment and return to the country of origin, without the Ministry bearing any administrative or financial responsibility in this regard," the ministry said in a statement.