Haj Tawfiq expressed his hope that the next stage would witness a “new” start for the two countries’ trade and investment relations.
To enhance trade movement, Haj Tawfiq stressed the need to make more political efforts to amend Paris Protocol (PP) to ensure the smooth flow of Jordanian goods to the Palestinian market without obstacles.
This effort would contribute to increasing the number of Jordanian traders willing to export and expanding the export base to include other Jordanian industry’s products, he pointed out.
Paris Protocol is “an obstacle to developing Jordanian-Palestinian economic relations,” he said, calling for making pressure on the international community to amend the agreement and facilitate the import and export process in both directions.
In 1994, Paris Protocol was signed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and “Israel,” which curbed Palestinian economy’s growth, by restricting trade exchange between Palestine and occupation authorities in the first place.
ACC, he noted, will work during the next stage to increase coordination with the Palestinian commercial and service sector institutions and arrange continuous visits to Palestinian traders and importers to ensure success of the “major” steps taken at high levels to enhance the two countries’ trade exchanges.
Haj Tawfiq called for activating the twinning and cooperation agreements and protocols signed between the Jordanian commerce chambers with the Federation of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (FPCCIA) to serve common interests.
According to the ACC statistical data, the volume of trade exchange between Jordan and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) during 2020, approximately stood at JD139 million, of which JD108 million are exports to the Kingdom.
SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY