Zarqa industrial exports decline

ZARQA — Zarqa industrial exports totalled $341 million during the first five months of this year, 0.7 per cent lower than the figure during the same period of last year, Zarqa Chamber of Industry President Thabet Wer said on Saturday.

The number of the certificates of origin the chamber issued during January -May 2015 stood at 5,465, 0.7 per cent.

Wer attributed the decline to lower exports to Iraq by18 per cent, to Syria by 55 per cent and to Palestinian territories by 23 per cent. At $185 million, exports to North America constituted 54.4 per cent of the total value, while the value of exports to Arab countries stood at $116 million, 34.1 per cent of the total.