Jordan to take part in China International Import Exhibition next month

AMMAN — Jordan is scheduled to participate in the China International Import Exhibition next month to explore export opportunities available for national products, President of the Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) and the Jordan Chamber of Industry Fathi Jaghbir said on Tuesday.

In a joint press conference at the ACI with Chairman of the Jordan Investment Commission (JIC) Khaled Wazani and Chinese Ambassador to Jordan Pan Weifang, Jaghbir said that certain goods from chemical industries, fertilisers and Dead Sea products have “already started” entering the Chinese market, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Jordan will be hosting the 2019 Jordan-China Business Forum on October 27, Jaghbir said. He added that the trade balance between the two countries “tilts greatly” to the Chinese side, noting that while the value of Jordanian exports to China stood at $104.8 million last year, the Kingdom imported $2.77 billion worth of goods from China in 2018.