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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Expatriates in sales jobs drop 9.1%

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The number of expatriates in the Sultanate has dropped 13.9 per cent at the end of February 2021, compared to the figures a year ago.


The number of expatriates as managers, directors, and administration jobs declined by 15.2 per cent, scientific and technical fields by 14.2 per cent, clerical occupations by 39.4 per cent, and sales jobs by 9.1 per cent.


Expatriates in sales jobs dropped from 97,009 in February last year to 95,206 during the same period this year.


The number of expatriates dropped from 1,443,128 in February 2020 to 1,440,370 this year. However, the population increased slightly from 1,439,908 this year, said the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) in its latest monthly bulletin.


Of these, the number of Indian expatriates saw a major decline of 18.1 per cent, followed by Bangladesh nationals (11.6 per cent), Egyptians (11.9 per cent) and Filipino workers (8.1 per cent).


One of the major factors includes the job losses after the extended shutdown of businesses due to restrictive measures imposed to limit the spread of the pandemic.


In line with the efforts to generate more job opportunities, the government has reserved several jobs for citizens.


Practicing some professions and activities in the private sector establishments have been restricted to only Omanis, which include financial and administrative professions in insurance companies and firms operating in brokerage activities, selling, accounting, money exchange, management, and arranging goods in operating stores in malls, accounts and auditing professions in auto agencies, all professions in the sale of new and used vehicles, all accounting professions related to the sale of new and used vehicles in agencies and sale of spare parts for new vehicles in auto agencies.


Non-Omani workforce licences issued for the professions and activities specified in Article 1 shall be valid until their expiry date.


Fuel station managers and professions related to the activities and business of optics and the sale of eyeglasses will be also reserved for the national workforce.


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