AMMAN —
Jordan’s trade balance deficit in January of 2022 increased by 19.1 percent,
hitting JD770.8 million compared to JD647.1 million in the same month of 2021,
the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
According to a monthly report issued by the Department
of Statistics (DoS) on Wednesday, total exports in January of 2022 reached
JD577 million, up by 27.3 percent compared with the JD453.1 million recorded in
the same month of 2021.
National exports
in the same month of 2022 rose by 29.3 percent, reaching JD523.5 million
compared to JD404.8 million in the same month of 2021, figures showed. The
value of re-exports in January were at JD53.5 million, up 10.8 percent compared
with the JD48.3 million recorded in the same month of 2020, the department
added.
Imports also went
up by 22.5 percent, reaching JD1.347 billion compared to the JD1.1 billion
recorded in the same month of 2021.
Accordingly, the export-to-import ratio stood at
42.8 percent in January of 2022, compared with 41.2 percent in the same month
of 2021, indicating a 1.6 percent increase.
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