MUSCAT: Oman’s import prices rose 11.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, with mineral fuels and related materials recording the sharpest increase, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The general import price index also increased 2 per cent from the first quarter.
Prices of mineral fuels and related materials rose 45.5 per cent year on year, followed by animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes, which increased 16 per cent. Chemicals and related products rose 11.6 per cent.
Prices of inedible crude materials, excluding fuels, increased 8.3 per cent, while manufactured goods classified chiefly by material rose 7.1 per cent.
Beverages and tobacco prices increased 6.5 per cent. Food and live animals rose 1.1 per cent, while machinery and transport equipment edged up 1 per cent.
Miscellaneous manufactured articles were the only commodity group to record an annual decline, falling 2.9 per cent.
On a quarterly basis, mineral fuels and related materials recorded the largest increase, rising 21.1 per cent, followed by beverages and tobacco at 13.8 per cent.
Chemicals and related products and manufactured goods classified chiefly by material each increased 12.5 per cent from the first quarter. Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes rose 11.7 per cent.
Those increases were partly offset by lower prices in several other categories.
Machinery and transport equipment fell 12.8 per cent quarter on quarter, while inedible crude materials, excluding fuels, declined 8.7 per cent.
Miscellaneous manufactured articles fell 1 per cent, while food and live animals declined 0.3 per cent. — ONA
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