Prime Location

• Connectivity

  Less than 2-hours from the major business centres of Asia and fast sailing times to Asia, Africa, Europe and North America
• Trade Route

  At the centre of the east-west nexus joining markets in Europe, Asia and North America

International Appeal

• Investment Strength

  Attracting US$ 26.2 billion FDI by 2019
• International Links

  Powerful concentration of international companies including BP, Shell, Vale, Air Liquide, Larsen & Toubro, Jindal Power & Steel, Huawei, Al Futtaim Group, Rio Tinto Alcan, Carrefour and LuLu
• Trade Agreements

  Signatory to WTO, GCC common market, GAFTA, FTAs with US and Singapore, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Lichtenstein

Safe Environment

• Transparency

  Investor friendly legislative environment and no restrictions on repatriation of capital or profits
• Taxation

  Flat 15% corporate tax
• Foreign Ownership

  100% foreign ownership allowed according to the new FDI law

Talent Pool

• Local Talent

  A young multilingual and educated talent pool equipped for the 21st century
• Workforce

  More than 2.2 million manpower in the Sultanate and 385,000 commercial companies are registered in the first quarter of 2019
• Competitive Salary

  Some of the most competitive salary rates in the Gulf
• Research

  55 tertiary institutes with strong industry links and thriving R&D culture

Infrastructure

• Transportation

  Globally ranked ports, airports and roads and some of the most strategically placed ports in the world
• Communications

  6.440 million subscribed to mobile phones in 2018 with a decrease of 7.2% compared to 2017.
• Property

  Some of the most competitively priced land and commercial property in the Gulf