Oman imports 1,500 tonnes of jewellery

Muscat: Oman imported 1,500 tonnes of jewellery including natural and artificial pearls, precious stone, semiprecious stone, precious metals, normal coated metals, traditional jewellery and coins, during 2015. The value of such jewellery items stood at OMR324.90 million.
Data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) pointed out that the Sultanate's imports of such items increased by 88.2 per cent compared to 2014 (300 tonnes worth of OMR172.6 million).
The Sultanate's exports (including re-export) of such items in 2015 stood at OMR2.8 million; a decline by 90.1 per cent compared to 2014 (722 tonnes worth of OMR28.89 million.