Thursday 24 / April / 2025
Muscat: The number of transactions completed during the second quarter of 2023 through the “Invest Easy” portal, the front offices of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, the Ministry’s departments and directorates, the free zones (Sohar - Duqm - Al Mazyona), advocated offices and through service provision offices (Sanad) increased by 187.6 per cent to stand at 187,775 transactions, compared to 159,968 transactions completed during the same period last year.
The Department of Information, Data and Statistics at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion clarified that the number of transactions completed through the front offices of the ministry during the second quarter of 2023 reached 17,761 compared to 15,003 completed during the same period of 2022.
It also showed that the number of transactions completed across departments and directorates affiliated with the ministry during the second quarter of 2023 reached 49,383 compared to 39,202 during the same period of 2022, while the number of transactions that were completed through self-service portals during the same period of 2023 reached 50,983 compared to 45,417 during the correspondent period of 2022.
The number of transactions completed through advocated offices during the second quarter of 2023 reached 757, compared to 534 completed during the same period in 2022, while the number of transactions completed through the service provision offices (Sanad) reached 68,415 compared to 58,714 during the same period of the year 2022. The number of transactions completed through the free zones (Sohar - Duqm - Al Mazyona) in the second quarter of 2023 reached 476 compared to 1,098 transactions in the same period in 2022.
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion seeks to convert all services it provides into electronic services to complement the efforts undertaken by the government in comprehensive digital transformation, as well as to enhance the investment environment in the Sultanate of Oman.
