India–Oman CEPA enters into force on 1 June 2026
The India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed in Muscat on 18 December 2025, entered into force on 1 June 2026, giving zero-duty access to 99.38% of India's exports to Oman.
Summary
The India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force on 1 June 2026 and was operationalised in New Delhi in the presence of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Oman's Ambassador to India, Issa Saleh Al Shibani. The Agreement was signed on 18 December 2025 in Muscat in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said. The CEPA offers zero-duty access for 99.38% of India's exports to Oman, and India becomes only the second nation after the United States to secure a comprehensive bilateral trade pact with Oman. Oman has made its best-ever services offer covering 127 sub-sectors and raised the ceiling for intra-corporate transferees from 20% to 50%. India has kept sensitive sectors such as dairy, cereals, fruits, vegetables, edible oils, oilseeds, rubber, leather and spices out of market access. Pharmaceutical products approved by USFDA, EMA, UK MHRA and TGA will get marketing authorisation in Oman within 90 days. First consignments under the preferential tariffs were flagged off from Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Oman is India's second-largest trading partner in the Gulf region; bilateral trade was USD 11.18 billion in FY 2025-26, up from USD 10.61 billion in FY 2024-25.
Key facts
- In force
- 1 June 2026
- Signed
- 18 December 2025, Muscat
- Zero-duty access
- 99.38% of India's exports to Oman
- Services
- 127 sub-sectors; ICT ceiling raised from 20% to 50%
- Excluded by India
- Dairy, cereals, fruits, vegetables, edible oils, oilseeds, rubber, leather, spices
- Pharma
- USFDA/EMA/UK MHRA/TGA-approved products authorised within 90 days
- Unique
- India is only the second nation after the US with a comprehensive bilateral trade pact with Oman
- Trade
- USD 11.18 billion (FY 2025-26); USD 10.61 billion (FY 2024-25)
- Omani ports
- Sohar, Duqm, Salalah
Practice MCQs 4 questions
The India–Oman CEPA, which entered into force on 1 June 2026, was signed on 18 December 2025 in:
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Correct answer: A — Muscat
The CEPA was signed in Muscat on 18 December 2025 in the presence of PM Modi and Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.
Under the India–Oman CEPA, what share of India's exports to Oman gets zero-duty access?
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Correct answer: C — 99.38%
The Commerce Ministry release says the CEPA offers zero-duty access for 99.38% of India's exports to Oman.
Consider the following statements about the India–Oman CEPA: 1. India is the first country to secure a comprehensive bilateral trade pact with Oman. 2. India has excluded dairy and edible oils from market access under the Agreement. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 2 only
Statement 1 is wrong: India is the second nation after the United States. Statement 2 is correct: dairy and edible oils are among the sensitive sectors excluded.
Under the India–Oman CEPA, Oman raised the ceiling for intra-corporate transferees (ICT) from 20% to:
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Correct answer: B — 50%
The release says the ICT ceiling was raised from 20% to 50%.