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    • Oman posts budget surplus of RO 210 mln by End of Feb

    By on April 6, 2022
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    Muscat: Total revenues earned by the Sultanate of Oman till the end of February 2022 stood at about RO 1.918bn, up by 75.6% over revenue standing in the corresponding period in 2021.

    This was unveiled by the Financial Economic Bulletin (FEB) issued by the Ministry of Finance, which attributed the high surplus to a surge in oil price averaging USD 81 a barrel, as well as a hike in oil production as gas revenues touched RO 509 mn.

    This is in addition to the fact that current revenue rose by 29.6% by the end of February 2022 (over the corresponding period in 2021) due to the collection of revenues of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and other fees, according to the FEB.

    Public spending until the end of February 2022 registered about RO 1.707 bn, and this was driven by a rise in the repayment of loan interests, total investment expenditures (development and capital) of civil ministers, and expenses of gas transport and procurement.

    The state’s budget continued to achieve financial surplus at the end of February 2022, amounting to about RO 210mn, a far cry from RO 457mn financial deficit in the corresponding period in 2021.

    The government embarked on a public debt reduction programme targeting a RO 19.46bn mark by the end of April 2022.

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