Oman Milling Assessment
4.7 Oman Storage and Milling Company Contact List
Milling Company - SALALAH MILLS CO. (S.A.O.G) & SALALAH MACARONI CO. SAOG
The mill in Salalah has a capacity of 1,500Mt per day. The mill used to regularly export to Yemen and Sonmalia, though has focused primarily on domestic consumption. The mill is located a few kilometers from the port. The transfer of grain from the vessels into the mill silos is performed by trucks. New silos are currently being built to augment the mill capacity.
The mill also owns a pasta production plant that is connected with pipes for the transfer of the flour directly from the mill to the production plant. The pasta production is almost exclusively destined for export (99%), to West and East Africa, Brazil and Europe. Most shipments are on an FOB basis and the packing is done at the premises. The plant is top of the range and computerized. There are four production lines;
Production is 5Mt per hour for long pasta and 3Mt per day for short pasta. Both the mill and the pasta production plants are of excellent standard: HACCP compliant, Swiss made, and they use the latest technologies. The extraction rate is 70 to 75%. Fortification formulas can be adjusted and, together with bag printing, requires a week or two to start production. To ensure compliancy with Yemeni standards, the standard fortification utilizes iron and folic acid.
Milling Company - OMAN FLOUR MILLS MUSCAT
The mill has large capacity on wheat without any restrictions, but is fully booked for wheat flour. Approximately 96% of the mill production is for the local market, although the mill was recently importing both wheat and wheat flour directly to Yemen on break bulk. OCO recently shipped wheat flour to Yemen.
The mill has silos at Qaboos port (Muscat) close from their factory / mills. The port is no longer operating commercially for containers or break bulk. However, as the mill is still importing the raw materials in bulk from Australia / Russian to Oman through Qabos.
The mill also has the facility to produce date bars, and fortunately has all of the equipment required. The mill currently produces energy bars.
If needed for operations in Yemen, WFP could obtain permission to ship cargo in BB from Qaboos directly to Yemen.
