Ammon News -

Local factories have produced about half a billion face masks since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, to meet the local market's needs and export surplus.
in a statement to "Petra" on Saturday, Representative of the Leather and Knitting Industries Sector in Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI), Ihab Qadri, said the Kingdom has a surplus of locally manufactured medical surgical masks.

Jordan, prior to the pandemic, used to manufacture face masks with a production capacity of no more than 20,000 masks per day, which later rose to 5.5 million after the spread of the pandemic, which allowed factories to export surplus after covering the local market's needs, he pointed out.

In 2020, the Kingdom's exports of medical masks amounted to nearly 100 million items, worth JD16 million, delivered to markets of 30 countries around the world, according to Qadri.

Qadri indicated that Saudi Arabia was the largest importer of Jordanian masks, with a value of about JD10 million, followed by Qatar, the United Kingdom, Iraq, the United States, Egypt, Guatemala, Palestine, Germany and Kuwait.