Muscat, The number of industrial licenses that were registered through

the ‘ Invest Easy’ Portal last year stood at 331 compared to 140 during the same period in

2017.

Eng. Hamad bin Said al-Ma’amari, Acting Head of the Industrial Registers Licenses

Department at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that the number of industrial

projects whose investment cost range between RO5,000 to RO50,000 that were registered

last year stood at 12 compared to 6 in 2017. He noted that the number of industrial projects

whose investment cost ranges between RO50,000 to RO100,000 in 2018 stood at 4; the

same number of 2017.

He also pointed out that the number of industrial projects whose investment cost ranges

between RO100,000 to RO500,000 in 2018 stood at 6 compared to 7 in 2017. The

number of industrial projects whose investment cost is more than RO500,000 in 2018

stood at 309 compared to 123 in 2017.

Source: Oman News Agency