Food industries sector urged to benefit from Jordan–US FTA

AMMAN — In cooperation with the Zarqa Chamber of Industry, the American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan recently held a technical training workshop for the food and packaging industry.

The workshop was one of several training activities held under the programme “Diversification of Exports under the Jordan-US Free Trade Agreement”. Several local manufacturers from the sector attended the training, seeking to raise awareness of sector related-opportunities, created by the Jordan US Free Trade Agreement, according to a statement sent by the American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan.

The workshop concluded with several recommendations, mainly the need to work further towards meeting international standards related to sanitary and phytosanitary measures, particularly in relation to organic produce. This will lead to increased investments in this sector and thus increased exports to US and other markets, according to the statement.