AMMAN — The
industrial sector grew in the first half of 2021 after it
expanded by 2.4 percent, giving an additional boost to the national economy's
growth prospects and accounting for nearly a third of the estimated Gross
Domestic Product.
اضافة اعلان
According to industrialists, most industry-related indices remained in the
green zone in the first six months of the current year and are poised for
additional growth as the year draws to an end. In the January–October period of
2021, the industrial production index (industrial volume index) hit 89.53
points compared with 78.35 points in the same period of 2020.
Moreover, industrial exports in the first nine months of the current year grew
by 16 percent to a total of JD4 billion, according to official figures.
Representative of the food, catering, and livestock sub-sector at the Jordan
Chamber of Industry Muhammad Jitan said this subsector of the economy saw its
exports rising by 6.4 percent in the January-September period of 2021, reaching
JD324 million or 9 percent of the total national industrial exports.
Head of the East Amman Industrial Investors Association, Muhammad Zaki Saudi,
said that the
Jordanian industry had sustained a rebound throughout the current
year, highlighting that high global shipping costs for ready-made materials and
production inputs boosted local production.
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