AMMAN — Wednesday's
foreign trade report published by the
Department of Statistics conveyed a 5.4 percent contraction in the nation's
hydrocarbon expenditure during the initial quintile of this calendar year.
Settling at approximately JD1.361 billion, a dip from the previous year's mark
of around JD1.439 billion in the corresponding period.
اضافة اعلان
This downturn in the nation's imports of
crude oil and its
derivatives has played a substantial role in mitigating an uptick in Jordan's
import expenditure during the initial five months of the year.
Specific imports
Fuel and mineral oils ascended to the peak of the
oil derivatives import chart in the first quintile of this year, at JD507 million,
an increase from last year's corresponding figure of JD461 million.
This was followed by
imports of raw "petroleum",
which equated to JD293 million, descending from the prior year's JD370 million.
The nation's
gasoline imports amounted to around JD282
million, a slight increase from the previous year's figure of JD275 million,
followed by diesel imports tallying about JD264 million, a decrease from the
prior JD308 million.
Imports of lubricating oils were recorded at JD15 million,
compared to JD13 million in the corresponding period the previous year.
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