AMMAN —
Jordan’s sea freight imports from Russia and Ukraine do not account for more
than 4 percent of the Kingdom’s total imports, according to Secretary General
of the
Jordan Navigation Syndicate (JNS) Mohammad Dalabeeh.
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In a statement to
Jordan News Agency, Petra, Dalabeeh said a recent hike in the prices of some
commodities in the local market was not a result of halted imports from either
Ukraine or Russia but resulted from higher prices in global markets.
Dalabeeh noted
that in 2021 the
Aqaba port handled 5,133 containers arriving from Russia and
2,251 containers from Ukraine. In turn, the Kingdom sent 404 and 136 containers
of goods to Russia and Ukraine, respectively.
In his tonnage breakdown
of the figures, Dalabeeh said the Aqaba port received 449,000 tonnes of
Russia-exported merchandise and 401,000 tonnes of goods from Ukraine. He did
not specify the type of merchandize the Kingdom usually imports from both
countries.
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