ZAWYA: Oman: Food sector grows 9.8% as domestic production reaches $7.5bln

What happened

Oman’s food sector grew 9.8% in 2025 and contributed RO1.555bn to gross domestic product, the total value produced by the economy. Domestic food production was valued at RO2.9bn, compared with food imports of RO2.3bn. A new Food Security Laboratory aims to attract investment, deploy artificial intelligence and develop food processing.

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Global impact / market context

Rising local production could create demand for investment, technology and food-processing capacity, while offering a route to replace some imported food. If that happens, local producers and processors could gain revenue, but the article gives no project commitments or forecasts to quantify the potential.

Analyst inference

Domestic production exceeding imports may suggest a stronger local supply base, but imports remain a substantial part of Oman’s food picture. If investment and processing expand local output, food producers could gain revenue while import needs ease; the article does not report committed funding or project outcomes.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Look for specific investment commitments or projects from the Food Security Laboratory; its stated goal is to attract domestic and foreign funding, but none are reported yet. Analyst inference
2. Watch whether artificial intelligence use and food-processing development move from stated aims to actual projects, which could affect producers’ capacity, costs and ability to add value. Analyst inference
3. Compare later domestic-production and food-import figures with the reported 2025 values to assess whether local supply is growing and reliance on imported food is changing. Analyst inference

Evidence

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