AMMAN —
Representative of leather industries and knitting sector at the Jordan Chamber
of Industry (JCI) Ehab Qadri said a decision by Moroccan authorities to relieve
Jordan’s textile sector from anti-dumping duties was taken following two years
of continuous and joint efforts made by JCI and the textile companies, the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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Qadri said in a
statement on Sunday that Morocco’s decision, which exempts Jordanian textile
industries, was applied to China and Egypt, following an increase in Morocco’s
textile imports, whose selling price in the Moroccan markets is less than the
manufacturing cost in the country of origin in Egypt and China.
Jordan ranked
first in the Arab world and third globally, since its accession to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) in the number of successful cases in protecting
national industry against unjustified surge in imports, due to the JCI’s
“distinguished” global expertise related to harmful practices in international
trade, Qadri said.
In coordination
with the sector’s factories, the chamber hired Mohamed Taqatqa, an
international expert on WTO issues, to refute all allegations, Qadri noted.
He pointed out
that efforts continued at this pace for two years until the end of the first
half of 2022 by organizing consultative talks, and field visits by Moroccan
authorities to Jordanian industries to verify their records and check on their
actual production directly.
Lauding the
“effective” role of Jordanian Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, Qadri
said exemption is a clear evidence of “high” competitiveness of Jordanian
products, in terms of price and quality, and confirms credibility of Jordanian
factories, which would enhance confidence of foreign countries in this regard.
Exports of textile
industries have increased continuously over the past years, as their volume
reached about JD30 million at the end of 2021, compared to about JD5 million in
2011.
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