OCCI requests private sector companies to tackle coronavirus crisis in Oman

All private sector companies should be prepared for the worst conditions taking into consideration the continuation of the precautionary measures to tackle the Covid-19 crisis for a period of three months until mid-June.

Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI)- the voice of the private sector in the country- has expressed full confidence in the efforts made by officials to confront Covid-19 and confirmed that the Omani private sector is mobilizing its full potential to provide what is required by
duty and in the interest of Oman.

The coordination between the public and private sectors is based on the highest level of control over the effects and consequences of this crisis. OCCI expresses its deep gratitude to the governmental authorities for ensuring consultation and cooperation by having private sector representatives in the joint task forces to follow events, developments, ongoing consultation about the proper procedure and precautions against the impact of the spread of various viruses.”

Under the guidance of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, Oman is considered one of the best countries for efforts in ensuring safety, health, and welfare of its citizens and residents, especially that its strategic stocks of medicines, food, and goods are sufficient for the coming period, stressing to exercise extreme care and caution in procedures and measures to achieve national security through productive industrial facilities to provide the countries current and future requirements and needs, and discussing the constraints facing business owners and ways to overcome them. In addition, all efforts have been made to ensure that these products are available at all sales centers.

OCCI is working towards this with various governmental and private authorities to address the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the decline of international oil prices and their impact on private sector institutions in the Sultanate. As the Chamber is the main representative of the private sector, its effective tool when participating in all decisions that are of interest to the private sector and ensure its interest to ensure business environment stability and growth in the Sultanate.

From this perspective, the Chamber consistently sought to address the challenges facing the private sector in light of this current crisis, by conducting surveys in order to reach appropriate solutions that contribute to alleviating economic consequences and enable the Omani private sector to perform its role effectively. Accordingly, the Chamber presented a number of plans and proposals to deal with the economic situation that the Sultanate is currently going through, which aims to serve the community, especially the business sector and consumers.