Omani crafts market hit by imports: Study
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By Staff Reporter — MUSCAT: Jan. 21 - Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has published a study on how the import of some products is adversely affecting Omani crafts market as well as the ability of traditional businesses to remain competitive. Badr al Ma’amari, an academic and researcher at SQU, said, “Studies have revealed the problem is directly linked to agreements under free trade or open market polices or because of the guidelines laid out by institutions such as Unesco, which are often based keeping in the mind the countries with large population such as India, China, and relatively smaller Egypt and Mexico.”