The Department of Statistics has issued its monthly report on foreign trade in Jordan, indicating that the value of national exports increased by 7.6% during the first ten months of 2025, while the value of re-exports rose by 9.1%.
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Accordingly, the total value of exports increased by 7.7% compared with the same period in 2024.
This growth coincided with a 10.8% increase in imports, resulting in a 14.1% rise in the trade balance deficit during the first ten months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.
Export Coverage of Imports
The coverage ratio of total exports to imports reached 50% during the first ten months of 2025, compared with 51% for the same period in 2024, marking a decline of one percentage point. For October alone, the coverage ratio stood at 38%, compared with 49% in the same month of 2024, a decrease of eleven percentage points.
Economic Figures and Indicators During the First Ten Months of 2025
The total value of exports during this period amounted to JOD 8,588 million, comprising JOD 7,807 million in national exports and JOD 781 million in re-exports. Imports totaled JOD 17,347 million over the same period. Consequently, the trade balance deficit—representing the difference between total exports and imports—reached JOD 8,759 million during the first ten months of 2025, an increase of JOD 1,108 million compared with the same period in 2024.
Monthly Performance for October 2025
Total exports in October 2025 amounted to JOD 899 million, including JOD 810 million in national exports and JOD 89 million in re-exports. Imports reached JOD 2,361 million, resulting in a trade balance deficit of JOD 1,462 million for October 2025.
This reflects a 10.7% increase in total exports for October 2025 compared with the same month in 2024, with national exports rising by 8.4% and re-exports by 36.9%. Imports increased by 43.0%, leading to a 74.3% surge in the trade balance deficit.
Commodity Composition During the First Ten Months of 2025
The increase in national exports was concentrated in sectors including nitrogenous or chemical fertilizers, precious jewelry, pharmaceutical preparations, raw phosphate, and raw potash. This supported national exports despite a slight decline in exports of garments and related manufactured items. On the imports side, the value of vehicles and motorcycles, precious jewelry, machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and equipment, and cereals increased. However, the decline in crude oil and its derivatives helped limit a larger rise in imports.
Trading Partners During the First Ten Months of 2025
National exports rose to countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, including Syria, to which exports more than tripled, increasing by 341.3% during the period. Exports also increased to non-Arab Asian countries such as India, as well as to European Union countries, including Italy. Conversely, national exports recorded a slight decline to countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement, including the United States. As for imports, they increased from Greater Arab Free Trade Area countries, including Saudi Arabia; from North American Free Trade Agreement countries, including the United States; from non-Arab Asian countries such as China; and from European Union countries such as Germany.
