The Sultanate's total Foreign Direct Investments at the end of the second quarter (Q2) of 2017 reached RO 8,013.2 million with the flow at the end of second quarter alone at RO 619.4 million, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
A major share of the FDI was in the Oil and Gas Exploration sector at RO 3,859.1 million while RO 1,510.4 million was the total investment in the financial intermediation sector. Manufacturing sector received a total investment of RO 1,028.1 million and Real Estate – Renting and Business Activities witnessed FDI at RO 643.6 million. Other areas together got FDI of RO 972 million, according to NCSI data. With RO 3,299 million, the United Kingdom was the largest investor in the Sultanate followed by the United Arab Emirates with RO 943.7 million. The third major source of FDI was Qatar with RO 457.5 million followed by Kuwait with RO 429.4 million.
The Kingdom of Bahrain invested RO 371.5 million and the United States of America RO 349.3 million. India's share to the Sultanate's FDI was RO 303 million and Switzerland invested RO 289 million. The Netherlands invested RO 270.8 million and RO 1,300 million was invested by other countries together, the NCSI data showed.
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