- Exporting continues to grow across Oman, according to recent government figures with local firms exporting US$8.2bn worth of non-oil commodities in 2017, up from US$6.2bn in 2016.

Capitalizing on its strategic location, infrastructure and talent, Oman is looking to lure UK manufacturing, transport and tourism companies to set up offices in the sultanate, helping them connect with the fast growing economies of the Gulf and East Africa.

In partnership with Ithraa – Oman’s inward investment and export development agency – leading export trainers from the UN’s International Trade Centre (ITC) held workshops on Export quality management, this week at the Sundus Rotana Hotel, Muscat and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Salalah.

A top flight UN team from the International Trade Centre are conducting export workshops in partnership with Ithraa – Oman’s inward investment and export development agency - in Muscat and Salalah.

Leading Omani businesses are exhibiting this week at Marmomacc, the world’s premier trade fair for the stone and marble industry in Verona, Italy.

- Oman’s leading stone and marble producers will exhibit 26 – 29 September at Marmomacc, the world’s premier trade fair for the stone and marble industry in Verona, Italy.

The importance of identity to a successful country or city cannot be over-stated. Most winning cities are the ones with a strong sense of identity, for example, London, Milan, Paris and New York.

Ithraa, Oman’s investment promotion and export development agency was honoured Saturday evening at the Savoy Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt with the 2018 Corporate Excellence Award for Public Administration. Presented by the Excellence Awards Academy the accolade recognizes Ithraa’s contribution to the field of inward investment and growth of Oman’s non-oil exports.

Oman’s investment promotion and export development agency, Ithraa, is joining forces with the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE), ASAAS, be’ah and Shumookh Investment & Services to further promote Oman to international investors as well draw attention to the country’s growing export community

Ithraa News, the quarterly business publication from Oman’s Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development, will be making its debut in rooms at the five-star InterContinental Muscat this month.