Zarqa April industrial exports up 36%

Zarqa: Industrial exports of the Zarqa and Mafraq governorates surged 36 percent in April to $95.9 million, compared to $70.3 million in the same month last year, according to Zarqa Chamber of Industry head Fares Hamoudeh. He said in a press release Monday that the value of exports to Arab countries in third1 of 2024 was $181 million, compared to $158.2 million in the same period of 2023, an increase of 15 percent. Exports to Iraq were at $63.4 million, the UAE $13.3 million and Egypt $7.9 million, he added. Hamoudeh said exports to North America during the first three months of the year amounted to $202 million in the first third of the year, including $192 million to the United States and $9.5 million to Canada, European markets $18.2 million, non-Arab African nations $9 million, and non-Arab Asian countries $19.3 million. The value of total leather and textile exports during the first third of the year amounted to $223.28 million, supply, food, agricultural and livestock exports $93.75 million, enginee ring, electrical and information technology industries $28.47 million, construction $23.55 million, chemical and cosmetics, $23.30 million, medical industries $16.49 million, plastic and rubber $14.97 million, and wood and furniture $1.19 million, according to Hamoudeh. Source: Jordan News Agency