Commercial activities registered in Oman rises 972%

Muscat: The number of commercial activities in different parts of the Sultanate, which was registered with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) during the first quarter of 2018 stood at 267,793 compared to 24,973 activities during the same period in 2017, a growth of 972.30 per cent.
MoCI Statistics Department said that the remarkable activity during first quarter of 2018 was focused in the Governorate of Muscat (30.2 per cent of the total business activities in the Sultanate), followed by the Governorate of North Al Batinah (15.8 per cent), the Governorate of Dhofar (13.2 per cent) and the remaining percentage distributed to the other governorates.
MoCI pointed out that the Governorate of Muscat registered the highest number of activities at 80,794 followed by the Governorate of North Al Batinah at 42,355, the Governorate of Dhofar at 35,243, the Governorate of A'Dakhiliyah at 27,130, the Governorate of South Al Batinah at 20,108 activities, the Governorate of North A'Sharqiyah at 17,704 activities, the Governorate of South A'Sharqiyah at 17,609 activities, the Governorate of A'Dhahirah at 11,504 activities, the Governorate of Al Buraimi at 9,465, the Governorate of Al Wusta at 3,477 activities and the Governorate of Musandam with 2,404 activities.