Amman - Exports of Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) amounted to JD3.966 billion during the January-July period of 2024, compared to JD4.024 billion for the same period last year, marking a slight drop of 1.4%.
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According to statistical data obtained by "Petra," 7 sectors recorded an increase in their exports by a rate ranging between 2.2% for the catering, food, agricultural and livestock industries and 28.2% for the chemical and cosmetics industries.
On the other hand, exports of the remaining three industrial sectors went down by a percentage ranging between 3.2% for the packaging, paper, cardboard and office supplies industries, and 30.7% for the mining industries.
Four Arab and foreign countries accounted for more than half of the chamber's exports during the past seven months of the current year, namely India, United States of America, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, recording a value of JD2.545 billion.
According to the statistics, the chamber's exports to the United States of America surged during the same period by 61%, recording JD1.072 billion, compared to JD666 million for the same period last year, making it the top Arab and foreign country to import the highest amount of the ACI exports.
Furthermore, the ACI's exports to Iraq went up during the same period by 8.4%, recording a value of JD525 million, compared to JD484 million during the same period last year 2023.
The chamber's exports to Saudi Arabia went down by 5.9% during the same period of the current year, plummeting to JD454 million, compared to JD482 million for the same period last year.
During the same period of the current year, the chamber's exports to India recorded a decline of 25.3%, standing at JD494 million, compared to JD661 million for the same period last year.
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