The Sultanate of Oman's total imports of vegetables and fruits by the end of May 2024, reached RO 110,340.269 million, for a total weight of 320,568,989 million kg, compared to RO 98,892.896 million, for a total weight of 306,580.936 million kg at the end of May 2023, recording an increase in value by 11.6%, according to data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

The data indicates that, the value of vegetable imports by end of May 2024 amounted to RO42, 653.213 million, for total weight of 146,148.866 million kg, compared to RO 29,437.524 million, for a total weight of 139,661.151 million kg, at the end of May 2023, recording an increase in value by 44.9%.

Meanwhile, the value of fruit imports by end of May 2024 amounted to RO 67,687.56 million, for a total weight of 174,420.123 million kg, compared to RO 69,455.372 million, for a total weight of 166,919.785 million kg at the end of May 2023, recording decrease in value by 2.5%.

It also shows that , the value of vegetable imports from the United Arab Emirates by end of May 2024 , reached  RO  10,973.46 million , while the value of vegetable imports from Yemen , reached RO  10,860.202 million , and from India, reached RO 4,659.93 million.

As for the value of fruit imports from the United Arab Emirates by the end of May 2024, it reached to RO 18,844.717 million, from Egypt, RO 9,491.909 million, and from India, reached to RO 9,275.432 million.

The NCSI's data also indicates that, the total value of the Sultanate of Oman's exports of vegetables and fruits till the end of May 2024, reached RO 13,592.96 million, for a total weight of 59,567.656 million kg, compared to RO 11,923.406 million, for a total weight of 49,416.432 million kg at the end of May 2023.

It shows that, the value of vegetable exports by the end of May 2024 amounted to RO 8,941.204 million, for a total weight of 37,812.693 million kg, compared to RO 8,603.617 million, for a total weight of 40,553.162 million kg at the end of May 2023, recording an increase in value by 3.9%.

Meanwhile, the value of fruit exports by end of May 2024 amounted to RO 4,650.892 million, for a total weight of 21,754.963 million kg, compared to RO 3,319.789 million, for a total weight of 8,863.270 million kg, at the end of May 2023, recording an increase in value by 40.1%.

The statistic data also indicates that, the value of vegetable exports to the United Arab Emirates by the end of May 2024, reached to RO 3,961.228 million, while it reached RO 1,659.630 million to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and   RO 816,574 thousand to the State of Kuwait.

The value of fruit exports to the State of Qatar by the end of May 2024 amounted to RO 1,473,319 million, while it reached RO 1,094,851 million to the United Arab Emirates reached, and RO 783,700 thousand to Bahrain.

The same statistic data shows that, the total value of re-exports of vegetables and fruits from the Sultanate of Oman until the end of May 2024, recorded RO 2,441.278 million, for a total weight of 6,789.391 million kg, compared to RO 2,133.262 million, for a total weight of 7,829.318 million kg at the end of May 2023.

The value of re-exports of vegetables by end of May 2024 reached  to RO 460,369 thousand, for a total weight of 1,612.761 million kg ,compared to RO 569,842 thousand , for a total weight of 2,962.667 million kg , at the end of May 2023, recording a decrease in value by 19.2%.

The value of re-exports of fruits by the end of May 2024 amounted to RO 1,980,909 million, for a total weight of 5,176,630 million kg, compared to RO 1,563,420 million, for a total weight of 4,866,651 million kg, at the end of May 2023, recording an increase in value by 26.7%.

The data also indicates that, the value of re-exports of vegetables by the end of May 2024 to Somalia reached to RO 76,135 thousand, and to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amounted to RO 69,506 thousand, while the value of re-exports of fruits to the United Arab Emirates by the end of May 2024 amounted to RO 396,659 thousand, to The State of Kuwait, reached RO 297,301 thousand, and to Vietnam RO 267,124 thousand.

It is worth noting that the total number of enterprises and facilities operating in the retail activity in specialized stores for fresh fruits, vegetables and dates, till May 2024, reached to 654 enterprises.