COUNTRY PROFILE / OMAN

Continent: Asia

Official name: Sultanate of Oman

Nature of the regime: Constitutional monarchy

Head of State: Sultan Haitham bin Tareq Al Said

Area: 309,550 km²

Currency: Omani Riyal (1ORM=2.27€)

Population: 5.1 million inhabitants (2020, World Bank)

Capital: Muscat

Main cities: Muscat, Salalah, Sur, Sohar, Nizwa

Official language: Arabic

Cote d’Ivoire and Oman cooperate in international bodies, particularly within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

A. Main Exports of Cote d’Ivoire to Oman: Bulk Cotton and Processed Wood

B. Oman's Main Imports to CI: Food, glass, ceramics, building materials

Source : Statistiques douanières / DGE– DPPSE

Trade flows (Value in millions of CFA francs)

• Cote d’Ivoire trade with Oman grew steadily from 2018 to 2022, rising from 3.827 billion of CFAF in 2018 to 17.938 billion of CFAF in 2022.
• Over the period 2018-2022, the average value of Ivorian exports amounted to 141 million of CFAF /year against 10.450 billion/year for imports.
• Over the same period, Cote d’Ivoire's trade balance remained in deficit.