More than 13,500 certificates of release issued in Q2
MUSCAT: The number of certificates of release issued for important commodities of the mechanical and metal products, electrical products, chemical products, building materials products, food and agricultural products sector reached 13,576 in the Q2 of this year.
The Statistics Department of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion said that the number of release certificates issued for the mechanical and metallic products sector was 1,317 which included release certificates for passenger cars and their tires. There were 1,436 release certificates issued for electrical products which included for lead-acid batteries for cars, air-conditioning, refrigeration, appliances and low-voltage electrical equipment. In the chemical products sector, there were 1,110 certificates of release issued for automotive engine oils and cosmetics.
The number of certificates of release in the building materials products sector during the Q2 amounted was 9,686 which included for Portland cement, rebar, toys, safety shoes and paints. The number of release certificates for the food and agricultural products sector reached 27.