Jordanian delegation signs $6 million deals with Thai businesspeople

AMMAN — A Jordanian commercial delegation has concluded a visit to Thailand that resulted in signing contracts worth $6 million between Jordanian and Thai businesspeople, Maher Shakhatreh, chairman of the Jordanian-Thai Friendship Association, said Monday.

The contracts were signed during the Thai food and beverage industry exhibition “Thaifex 2015”, he added, noting that the delegation had several meetings with Thai investors to increase the commercial exchange between the two countries.

Jordan imports many Thai products, including rice, canned fish, juices and cosmetics, Shakhatreh remarked. Thaifex 2015 was a good opportunity for Jordanian merchants to know about food items and ways to prepare them, and to benefit from symposiums and workshops held on the sidelines of the exhibition.

Thai Ambassador to Jordan Apichart Phetcharatana stressed the importance of the visit in supporting new investment projects, noting that Jordanian merchants can benefit from the Kingdom's location to increase trade exchange with surrounding countries.