AMMAN —
According to data issued by the
Jordan Chamber of Industry on Sunday,
industrial exports reached about JD5.6 billion at the end of the first year “after
the pandemic”, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
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The figure is strong considering that the
pandemic presented challenges and obstacles to both the global and the national
economy until the middle of 2021, mostly in the form of high prices and high
costs of shipping, transportation, and raw materials.
Chairman of the Jordan and Amman chambers of
industry Fathi Al-Jagbir said that the industrial sector proved its ability to
adapt to the current conditions, and tried to find solutions and alternatives
to continue the production process, and ensure growth and prosperity, which
helped it maintain its 93 percent share of
national exports, considered the
largest.
Jagbir said that the data prepared by the
Jordan Chamber of Industry includes an analysis of Jordanian foreign trade and
industrial exports, which recorded a growth rate of nearly 20 percent compared
to 2020, and 21.6 percent compared to 2019.
Jagbir said that industrial exports reached
this level as a result of the increase in exports of chemical and cosmetic
goods, and of outputs of the mining, leather and construction sectors, adding
that most industrial sectors recorded growth rates in their exports in 2021,
ranging from 1.6 percent, exports of the engineering industries, to 142
percent, exports of the construction sector.
Jagbir said that the chamber is going to
participate in the preparation of the national export strategy implemented by
the
Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Supply in cooperation with the concerned
authorities from the private sector, with the aim of increasing the commodity
and geographical diversity of national exports and investing all available
export opportunities, which were estimated at approximately $4.4 billion.
He said that these opportunities will reduce the deficit
in the balance of trade, which exceeded JD8 billion at the end of 2021, in
addition to contributing to various economic and social fields by creating more
job opportunities, and providing the treasury with foreign currency.
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