Country Profile Oman

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1 Country Profile Oman

2 Introduction Location Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the UAE Capital Muscat Area 309,500 sq. km Population 3,424,386 (July 2017 est.) Official language Arabic (official) Ethnic Groups Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African Independence Day 1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese) 85.9% Religions 6.5% 5.5% 0.8% <0.1%% 1% 0.2%

3 Major Economic Indicators GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): $71.93 billion (2016 est.) 0% (2017 est.) $45,500 (2017 est.) Gross national saving: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: 19.7% of GDP (2017 est.) Agriculture: 1.7% Industry: 45.2% Services: 53% (2017 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): Taxes and other revenues: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: 3.2% (2017 est.) 31.5% of GDP (2017 est.) $19.96 billion (31 December 2017 est.) Public debt: 41.3% of GDP (2017 est.) Agriculture - products: dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish Industries: crude oil production and refining, natural and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production; construction, cement, copper, steel, chemicals, optic fiber

4 Trade Export (Value: $31.9 billion (2017 est.) Export Partners: China 47.8%, UAE 8.3%, India 4.1% Export- commodities: petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles Import (Value: $22.71 billion (2017 est.) Import Partners: UAE 44.9%, China 4.8%, India 4.8% Import- commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants

5 Bilateral Trade with Pakistan Product code Product label Pakistan's exports to Oman (US$ Thousand) 'TOTAL All products 185, , ,227 '10 Cereals 116, ,073 50,613 '02 Meat and edible meat offal 12,516 13,172 10,527 '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 5,494 5,254 6,124 '07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 3,032 4,594 4,766 '52 Cotton 1,570 1,591 3,455 '12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal 1,019 2,245 2, '63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 3,318 2,653 2,827 '25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,268 2,118 2,231 '39 Plastics and articles thereof 7,552 6,459 1,890 '84 '28 '19 '42 '20 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,... Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles... Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,462 1,329 1,482 1,992 1,849 1, '09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices '03 '64 '04 '62 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere... Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 1, , , '01 Live animals

6 Product code Product label Pakistan's imports from Oman (US$ Thousand) 'TOTAL All products 1,133, , ,848 '27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; 965, , ,132 mineral... '39 Plastics and articles thereof 59,421 34,920 26,354 '76 Aluminium and articles thereof 12,499 5,290 18,835 '72 Iron and steel 15,184 18,825 16,874 '05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included '17 Sugars and sugar confectionery '47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or... '21 Miscellaneous edible preparations '54 Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials 4, '85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and 3,249 6, reproducers, television... '63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags '69 Ceramic products '41 '19 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products '40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,651 1, '29 Organic chemicals 53, '73 Articles of iron or steel '68 '84 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof '38 Miscellaneous chemical products