AMMAN —
Jordan’s trade deficit with the
EU climbed by 6.5 percent to JD619 million in
the first quarter of 2022, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Petra published figures
by the
Department of Statistics (DoS), which showed that the trade balance
deficit with the EU stood at JD581 million in the corresponding period in 2021.
The DoS report said the
volume of exports to EU countries between January and March this year totaled
JD63 million, a 44.2 percent increase compared with the JD44 million recorded
in the same period in 2021.
Imports from EU
countries also increased by 9.1 percent to JD682 million, compared with JD625
million in the same period last year, DoS said.
The data showed that
the Netherlands was the top importer of Jordanian products worth JD12 million,
while Germany was the EU’s largest exporter to Jordan with goods worth JD146
million in the first three months of the year.
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