AMMAN — Almost six years after
the Agreement on the Simplification of the Rules of Origin entered into force, only
12
Jordanian companies were able to export their products to the EU, according
to data issued by the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Supply, Al-Ghad News
reported.
اضافة اعلان
Seventeen manufacturers had obtained
authorization to export to EU countries, but only 12 made it to the EU market
through this agreement.
The total value of exports of these factories
over the past six years reached 165 million euros; their product reached
markets in
Cyprus, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, France, and
Sweden.
Exporting factories produce metal,
plastic, detergent, ready-to-wear clothes, wires, cables, and electrical
appliances.
At the end of year 2018, the EU
announced that the terms of the agreement, which was signed by Jordan and the
EU and entered into force in 2016, will be renegotiated so that all factories
in the Kingdom will benefit from it. The agreement was also extended to 2030,
instead of 2026.
The latest figures show that during
the first 11 months of last year, the value of national exports declined by 30
percent, to JD176.3 million, compared to JD135.8 million in the same period of
the year before.
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