AMMAN —
Jordan’s trade deficit in the January–July period increased by 34.2 percent, to
JD5.947 billion, compared to 4.43 billion in the same period of 2021, the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
The Department of
Statistics’ monthly report issued Wednesday showed that total exports in the
first seven months of 2022 grew by 44.8 percent, reaching JD5.110 billion,
while the figure stood at JD3.528 billion in the same period of 2021.
National exports
also went up, by a major 46.8 percent, standing at JD4.691 compared to JD3.196
billion in the same period of last year.
According to the
report, re-exports amounted to JD418 million by the end of July, up 25.9
percent from the JD332 million recorded in the first seven months of last year.
The value of
imports rose by 38.9 percent, to JD11.057 billion, while it stood at JD7.959
billion after the first seven months of 2021.
The report pointed
out that the ratio of total exports to imports stood at 44.3 percent in the
reported period of 2022, compared to 46.2 percent in 2021, a decline of 1.9
percentage points.
On a monthly basis,
national exports reached JD730.7 million in July 2022, a 54.2 percent increase
over the 473.8 million during the same month of 2021.
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