Muscat – According to the data issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information, the prices of the mining and quarrying group decreased by 1.4 percent, as the prices of crude oil and natural gas products decreased by 1.5 percent, stone and sand products by 1.4 percent, while the prices of metal ore products increased by 16.4 percent.

The prices of the manufacturing industries group also decreased by 2.6 percent, as most of the sub-group prices decreased by varying percentages, most notably the prices of the transportable goods group by 4.6 percent and the metal products, machinery and equipment group by 0.2 percent.

However, food products, beverages, and textiles increased by 0.1 percent, while the prices of the water production group increased by 5.6 percent and the electric energy group by 0.5 percent.