60% of Jordanian agricultural exports go to Saudi market - Ministry

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AMMANMinister of Agriculture Khaled Hnaifat said Jordan is working hard to make more facilitations for Saudi products to enter into the local market, in a time when nearly 60 percent of Jordanian agricultural exports go to the Saudi market.اضافة اعلان

The minister made the remark after a deal was concluded earlier on Wednesday, September 6, between the Ocean Center for Fresh Fish and the Saudi Alrowia Cooperative Society to increase the trade exchange of agricultural products, especially fish, between the two countries.

Larger development frameworks
Hnaifat said that the agreement comes within the framework of supporting networking between the Jordanian and Saudi private sectors to up trade exchange of agricultural products.

The ministry also provided JD5 million in financing to develop the fish farming sector, he added.


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