Jordan trade balance with US posts JD600m surplus


16-03-2022 10:00 AM

Ammon News - Jordan's trade balance with the United States registered a surplus of JD600 million last year, according to latest foreign trade statistics.

According to the data released by the Department of Statistics Tuesday, national exports to the United States increased by 30 per cent in 2021, reaching about 1.586 billion dinars, compared to 1.220 billion dinars in 2020.

The Kingdom's imports from the United States also rose last year, reaching about 988 million dinars, compared to 976 million in 2020, according to the figures.

Garments and textiles are key exports to the US market, followed by engineering industries, foodstuff, Dead Sea cosmetics and jewelry.

The balance of trade is the difference between the value of a country's exports and imports in a given period, and is the largest component of its balance of payments.




  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :