Muscat – Tejarah Talks, organised by the Oman Business Forum and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, will focus on how Oman can maximise the economic benefits of the recent surge in re-exports, with logistics, procurement and supplier development forming key areas of discussion.

The next session, titled ‘The Value Chain Reaction – Sustainable Growth & Local Opportunity’, will be held on Tuesday at the Civil Aviation Authority.

The sharp increase in Oman’s re-exports has strengthened the sultanate’s position as a regional distribution centre while raising a broader economic question: how much additional economic activity can be built around goods passing through the country?

The session will bring together Dr Juma Al Maskari, Vice President of Asyad Logistics; Saad Bait Nasib, CEO of Omani Integrated Logistic Services; and Abdulsalam Al Busaidi, Deputy CEO of Arkan Logistics. The discussion will be moderated by Jamal Al Asmi of Creative Growth, Mubashir.

Oman’s re-exports reached RO1.021bn in the first five months of 2026, up 64% from the same period last year, according to data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information. Non-oil Omani exports increased 1.5% to RO2.739bn during the same period.

The discussion comes at a time of significant shifts in global trade, with tariffs increasingly being used as an industrial policy tool, companies reviewing their exposure to individual suppliers and trade routes, and geopolitical risks playing a greater role in investment decisions. While global trade continues to expand, its patterns are becoming more regional and increasingly influenced by government policy.

“Oman has invested in the connections that allow companies to reach the Gulf, the Indian Ocean and markets beyond,” said Badriya Al Amri, Oman Business Forum Office, Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Investment Promotion and organiser of Tejarah Talks.

“Our task now is to help more Omani businesses secure the work generated by those connections and build lasting commercial relationships from it.”

Procurement will be another key focus of the discussion. While local-content figures indicate how much companies spend in Oman, they provide less insight into the extent to which work and capabilities are being transferred to Omani suppliers.