Irbid, The total value of the certificates of origin issued by the Irbid Chamber of Industry (ICI) for January 2023 stood at $80 million, compared to the $101 million reported during the same month in 2022, signaling a 21.5 percent decline.
The governorate’s top exports garments and leather were less in demand as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war, which was the primary factor in the decline., said Hani Abu Hassan, the ICI’s Chairman in a statement on Thursday.
Over the last month, exports of the garment and leather industry sector stood at $70 million, dropping by $20 million compared with the figure reported in January 2022.
The foodstuffs products sector came in second with $4.8 million in exports, followed by the medical industries and supplies sector with $2 million and the chemical, cosmetics, packaging, paper, plastic, construction and mining sectors collectively had $3.2 million worth of exports.
Breaking down the figures, Abu Hassan said that the al-Hassan Industrial Estate’s exports ranked first, with a total of $73.3 million in exports, followed by Cyber City’s with $4.4 million, while the remaining exports came from other industrial zones in the northern governorate.
The United States market was the biggest importer, accounting for $65 million, while exports to Arab countries were estimated at $10 million, and the remaining shipments went to the Canadian, European and Southeast Asian countries’ markets among others.
Source: Jordan News Agency