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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

32,441 SMEs registered in Sultanate by Jan end

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MUSCAT: The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) registered by the Public Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Riyada) stood at 606 by the end of January this year, bringing the total number of these institutions to 32,441, according to preliminary data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).


The Governorate of Muscat was on top with the largest number of SMEs. There were 230 enterprises registered, which is a decrease of 29.4 per cent, compared with the same period in 2017. The total number of SMEs in the Governorate of Muscat is 10,490.


The Governorate of North Al Batinah ranked second with 91 SMEs registered since the beginning of 2018 till the end of January, which was a decrease of 38 per cent, compared with the same period in 2017. The total number of SMEs in this governorate reached 4,988.


This is followed by the Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah where 68 SMEs were registered by the end of January, which is 50 per cent lower than in the same period in 2017. With this the total number of SMEs there reached 4,402.


The number of SMEs registered in the Governorate of South Al Batinah since the beginning of 2018 till the end of January was 44, which is a drop of 61.4 per cent, compared with the same period in 2017, bringing the


total of SMEs in the governorate to 2,403.


The Governorate of North Al Sharqiyah saw a decline by 39.1 per cent in the number of SMEs, which were registered by the end of January to reach 42 enterprises, compared with the same period in 2017. This brought the total number of these enterprises in the governorate to 2,278.


In the Governorate of Al Dhahirah, 34 SMEs were registered by the end of January, which is a fall of 43.3 per cent, compared with the same period of 2017, bringing the total number of these enterprises to 2,086.


Similarly, there was a decrease of 29.8 per cent in the number of SMEs registered in the Governorate of Dhofar compared with last year. With the registration of 40 enterprises, the total number of SMEs in the governorate reached 2,850.


The Governorate of South Al Sharqiyah recorded registration of 29 SMEs, which is a fall by 44.2 per cent, compared with the same period in 2017, bringing the total number of these enterprises to 1,877.


The Governorate of Al Buraimi recorded registration of 20 SMEs by the end of January, constituting an increase by 53.8 per cent, compared with the same period of 2017. The total number of SMEs in the governorate increased to 590.


In the Governorate of Al Wusta, 7 SMEs were registered, which is a decrease of 61.1 per cent, taking the total number of enterprises to 359.


Only one enterprise was registered in the Governorate of Musandam, taking the total number of SMEs in the governorate to 118.


— ONA


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