Khaberni - The value of national exports increased by 8% during the first eight months of the current year, and the value of re-exported goods by 4.8%, according to the monthly report on foreign trade in Jordan by the General Statistics Department.
Accordingly, the total export value increased by 7.7% compared to the same period in 2024, with growth coinciding with a 5.6% increase in imports, resulting in a 3.5% increase in the trade deficit during the first eight months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
The export coverage ratio for imports was 51% during the first eight months of the current year, compared to 50% for the same period in 2024, an increase of one percentage point, while the coverage ratio for the month of August alone was 50%, the same as the same month of the previous year.
The total export value during the first eight months amounted to 6,710 million Jordanian dinars, with national exports accounting for 6,098 million Jordanian dinars, and re-exports amounting to 612 million Jordanian dinars, while the value of imports was 13,156 million Jordanian dinars during the same period.
Thus, the trade deficit (which represents the difference between the total export value and the value of imports) reached 6,446 million Jordanian dinars during the first eight months of 2025, an increase in the deficit amounting to 217 million Jordanian dinars compared to the same period in 2024.
Monthly performance for August 2025
The total export value during the past August amounted to 912 million Jordanian dinars, of which 830 million Jordanian dinars were national exports and 82 million Jordanian dinars were re-exported, while imports amounted to 1,837 million Jordanian dinars, resulting in a trade deficit of 925 million Jordanian dinars during August 2025.
This means an increase in total exports for August by 5.8% compared to the same month in 2024, an increase in national exports by 5.5%, re-exports by 9.3%, and imports by 7.1%, leading to an 8.4% increase in the trade deficit.
Commodity composition during 8 months
The rise in national exports was concentrated in sectors such as "clothing and its derivatives," "nitrogenous or chemical fertilizers," "pharmaceutical preparations," "raw phosphate," and "raw potash," which contributed to supporting national exports despite a slight decline in exports of the "precious jewelry" sector.
On the import side, the value of "machinery and mechanical tools," "precious jewelry," and "electrical machinery and equipment" increased, but declines in "crude oil and derivatives," "vehicles and bicycles," and "grains" helped to contain the rise in imports more significantly.
Trade partners during 8 months
National exports to countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, including Syria, which saw exports double by 390.3% during the period, and non-Arab Asian countries such as India, as well as to European Union countries including Italy, increased, while national exports slightly decreased to countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement, including the United States.
As for imports, there was an increase from countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, including Saudi Arabia, and from countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement, including the United States of America, as well as from non-Arab Asian countries such as China, and European Union countries like Germany.
