Amman - Director General of the Jordan Industrial Estates Company (JIEC), Omar Juwaid, said the company's strategy and programs aim to stimulate and attract local, Arab and foreign investments to the Kingdom's various governorates.
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In a statement to "Petra," Juwaid noted the industrial estates offer reductions to investors on selling and leasing prices and payment facilities and involve them in local funding programs, in partnership with the public and private sectors to support establishment of their industrial projects and export of their products.
Juwaid added that the Jordanian expertise in industrial estates field is considered a "key" factor in attracting industrial investments to these areas, and the trade agreements signed with many global economic blocs.
The company currently owns 10 industrial development estates across the Kingdom's regions, located in Sahab, Muwaqqar, Irbid, Karak, Aqaba, Tafilah, Salt, Madaba, Jerash and Zarqa, in addition to a number of future industrial estate projects.
According to the indicators of the Kingdom's industrial estates for the first half of this year, 937 companies operate in the 10 industrial estates with an investment volume of JD3.235 billion, which provided over 60,000 job opportunities.
Juwaid noted the incentives and tax and customs privileges provided by the Investment Environment Regulation Law contributed to prepare the business environment in Jordan's industrial estates to attract investments from various local, Arab and foreign nationalities.
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