Irbid: The value of certificates of origin issued by the Irbid Chamber of Industry (ICI) during March amounted to approximately $89.3 million, compared to $67.2 million for the same month in 2024, marking an increase of 33%.
According to Jordan News Agency, a total of 1,069 certificates of origin were issued during March, compared to 1,119 for the same period in 2024. The report indicated that the textile and leather sector topped exports worth $79.06 million, followed by the food and agricultural supplies sector at $4.67 million, and then came the medical industries and supplies sector at $2.63 million.
The remaining exports mainly went to the chemical, cosmetics, engineering, and electrical industries, as well as plastics, rubber, construction, packaging, paper, office supplies, and mining sectors. The report showed Al-Hassan Industrial Estate accounted for the largest share of exports, exceeding 95%, followed by Irbid Cyber City at 4% and the head office at 1%.
In a statement, ICI Head, Hani Abu Hassan, said the increase in the value of certificates of origin during last March was due to the growth in exports from the leather, textile, food, and supply industries. Abu Hassan added that the chamber’s exports under the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) declined by 14.5%, recording approximately $6.3 million, compared to $7.5 million in March last year.
Meanwhile, exports under the United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) saw growth of over 47%, indicating that the chamber’s exports under trade agreements constituted 84.5% of total exporting volume.