​The trade balance of the Sultanate of Oman recorded a surplus of RO 1,402.9 million by the end of September 2017 compared with RO 944.3 million during the same period in 2016, by the Center. The total value of goods exports of the Sultanate by the end of September 2017 valued to be OR 9,143.2 million that is an increase of 21.8% compared to the same period in 2016, where the total commodity exports of the Sultanate was valued to be OR 7,504.8 million.

The Sultanate's Imports of goods increased by 18% to reach RO 7,740.3 million compared with RO 6,560.5 million during the same period in 2016. The Sultanate's exports of oil and gas valued to be worth RO 5,360 million that is an increase of 28.8% over RO 4,162.9 million during the same period in 2016. Among the oil and gas exports, the value of the Sultanate's exports of crude oil was worth OR 4,269.9 million while the value of refined oil exports was valued to be of OR 238.8 million and the value of the Sultanate's exports of liquefied natural gas was OR 851.4 million. The statistics showed that non-oil exports increased by 31.4% to reach RO 2,364.7 million compared with RO 1,799.6 million during the same period in 2016.

The exports of the mineral products recorded 51.5 percent increase by the end of September 2017 valued to be worth OR 640 million compared with RO 422.5 million during the same period in 2016; this is the highest value of non-oil products exports of the Sultanate. This is followed by chemical products with OR 610.1 million, which is an increase of 41.9%, compared to RO 430.1 million during the same period in 2016. The value of the exports of Base Metals and Articles and its products increased by 35.8% to reach to OR 472.9 million similarly, the exports of the plastic and rubber products increased 43.5% to reach to OR 149.4 million On the contrary, the exports of the live Animals and its products recorded a decrease of 7.6% to reach to OR 116.7 million. The electrical machinery, equipment and their parts also decreased by 16.7% to reach to OR 69.4 million. Similarly, the value of re-exports from the Sultanate decreased by 8% by the end of September 2017 to reach to RO 1,418.4 million compared with RO 1,542.3 million during the same period in 2016.

Re-exports of transport equipment is decreased by 42.1% to RO 443.8 million from OR 767.2 million during the same period in 2016. The value of re-exports of mineral products declined by 7.7% to reach RO 455.3 million from OR 493.3 million. On the contrary, the value of re-exports of the electrical machinery, mechanical equipment and their parts increased by the end of September 2017 by 83.3% to reach to RO 180.5 million compared with RO 98.5 million during the same period in 2016. The re-exports of other products by the end of September 2017 valued to be RO 338.8 million, which is an increase of 84.8% over RO 183.3 million of the same period in 2016. As far as the commodities are concerned, the value of Sultanate's imports of machineries, equipment's and electrical appliances and their spare parts recorded to be highest by the end of September 2017 with a value of RO 1,634.5 million which is an increase of 20.8% over the value of the same period in 2016 when it was worth RO 1,352.8 million. The Sultanate's import of transport equipment's was valued by the end of September 2017 to be RO 1,317.8 million which is an increase of 75.7% over OR 750.1 million of the same period of in 2016. The value of the Sultanate's imports of base metals and articles was worth RO 1,027.4 million by the end of September 2017, which is an increase of 17.9% over RO 871.3 million that was at the end of September 2016.

The imports of mineral products decreased by 26.3% by the end of September this year to RO 605.2 million from RO 820.7 million of the same period last year. The value of the imports of products by the end of September 2017 was RO 562.5 million. This import of natural and cultivated pearls as well as precious stones was valued to be RO 397.2 million and the imports of and plastic and rubber products was of RO 305.9 million. The Sultanate's imports of live animals and their products increased by 0.3% to reach to RO 334.5 million. Similarly, the value of imports of prepared food stuffs, beverages increased by 5.5% to reach RO 359.8 million.

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