• Oman

    • State Budget Posts Surplus of More than RO 1 Billion by End of July 2022

    By on September 8, 2022
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    Muscat: The state’s general budget posted a surplus of RO 1.019 billion by the end of July 2022 compared to a deficit during the same period in 2021.

    A bulletin on financial performance issued by the Ministry of Finance reports an increase in the state’s public revenues by about RO 8.003 billion, comprising 53.5 percent by the end of July 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.

    The bulletin also showed that the rise in revenues by the end of July 2022 is attributed to an increase in average oil prices to about USD89 per barrel, compared to USD54 per barrel in the same period in 2021.

    The revenues rise is also a result of the increase in the average crude oil production to about 1,042,000 barrels per day compared to recording 954,000 barrels per day during the same period in 2021.

    Total oil and gas revenues also rose to about RO 5.883 billion by the end of July 2022, compared to revenues of RO 3.574 billion during the same period in 2021.

    The current revenues also rose by about RO 2.107 billion that include investment-yielded dividends collected by Oman Investment Authority (OIA) that hit about RO 584 million by the end of July 2022 compared to RO 1.615 billion during the same period in 2021.

    The general spending also rose by 8.8 percent to about RO 6.984 billion by the end of July 2022 compared to the actual expenditure over the same period in 2021.

    The increase in spending is attributed to the rise in development expenditures to about RO 479 million, compared to the disbursement of RO 375 million during the same period in 2021.

    It is also attributed to the rise in current spending to about RO 5.430 billion compared to reporting RO 4.838 billion during the same period in 2021.

    The total contributions and other expenditures also increased to about RO 1.020 billion compared to reporting RO 462 million over the same period in 2021.

    The general debt stood at RO 18.4 billion by the end of August 2022, registering a decline by RO 2.4 billion compared to the same period in 2021.

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