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Oman Balance of Trade

Oman's balance of trade in August 2025 was 364 OMR million. This is a 22.1% decrease from July 2025's 467 OMR million. The decline is due to lower oil export values. Oil prices dropped 12.6% year-on-year and oil export volumes decreased by 0.2% year-on-year. Commodity imports increased by 5.5% by the end of July 2025. Oman's record low balance of trade was -45.2 OMR million in December 2015 and record high was 1.21 billion OMR in May 2022.

Monthly Historical Data (2015-2025)

(in Million OMR)
Month Balance of Trade (Million OMR)
Aug 2025 364
Jul 2025 467
Jun 2025 637
May 2025 348
Apr 2025 575
Mar 2025 572
Feb 2025 373
Jan 2025 487
Dec 2024 351
Nov 2024 589
Oct 2024 500
Sep 2024 541
Aug 2024 644
Jul 2024 655
Jun 2024 636
May 2024 391
Apr 2024 482
Mar 2024 770
Feb 2024 565
Jan 2024 877
Dec 2023 783
Nov 2023 653
Oct 2023 734
Sep 2023 705
Aug 2023 606
Jul 2023 620
Jun 2023 718
May 2023 536
Apr 2023 519
Mar 2023 554
Feb 2023 692
Jan 2023 614.5
Dec 2022 977.8
Nov 2022 865
Oct 2022 788.1
Sep 2022 1,090.5
Aug 2022 792
Jul 2022 1,162.2
Jun 2022 827.8
May 2022 1,205.3
Apr 2022 714.7
Mar 2022 625.1
Feb 2022 587.2
Jan 2022 844.6
Dec 2021 757.4
Nov 2021 600.2
Oct 2021 563.8
Sep 2021 366.2
Aug 2021 515.9
Jul 2021 541.1
Jun 2021 581.6
May 2021 695.6
Apr 2021 640.4
Mar 2021 230.9
Feb 2021 151.4
Jan 2021 171.8
Dec 2020 362.1
Nov 2020 224.5
Oct 2020 374
Sep 2020 312.7
Aug 2020 98.6
Jul 2020 62
Jun 2020 201.9
May 2020 220.7
Apr 2020 597.7
Mar 2020 418.8
Feb 2020 555.8
Jan 2020 558.4
Dec 2019 465.2
Nov 2019 542.5
Oct 2019 553.7
Sep 2019 406.4
Aug 2019 457
Jul 2019 380.5
Jun 2019 606.8
May 2019 508.9
Apr 2019 403.4
Mar 2019 482.5
Feb 2019 545.1
Jan 2019 530.5
Dec 2018 599.9
Nov 2018 709.1
Oct 2018 686.5
Sep 2018 493.6
Aug 2018 527.6
Jul 2018 666.1
Jun 2018 549.1
May 2018 432
Apr 2018 469.2
Mar 2018 525.9
Feb 2018 399.6
Jan 2018 339.7
Dec 2017 339.8
Nov 2017 323.8
Oct 2017 203.2
Sep 2017 103.4
Aug 2017 95.8
Jul 2017 139.6
Jun 2017 196.5
May 2017 162
Apr 2017 184.3
Mar 2017 37.5
Feb 2017 340.3
Jan 2017 114.7
Nov 2016 205.9
Oct 2016 79.2
Sep 2016 90
Aug 2016 8.4
Jul 2016 119.2
Jun 2016 165.3
May 2016 21.9
Apr 2016 15.6
Mar 2016 147.1
Dec 2015 -45.2
Nov 2015 102.5
Oct 2015 70.9
Sep 2015 329
Aug 2015 197.5
Jul 2015 284.7
Oman Balance of Trade : Definition
The Oman balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of goods Oman exports and imports. It is calculated as total exports minus total imports, expressed in OMR. A surplus occurs when exports exceed imports a deficit occurs when imports exceed exports.