The value of national exports during the past ten months of this year increased by 7.6 percent, and the value of re-exports rose by 9.1 percent. Consequently, the total export value increased by 7.7 percent compared to the same period last year.
According to the monthly report from the Department of Statistics on foreign trade in Jordan released today, Wednesday, this growth coincided with an increase in imports by 10.8 percent, which raised the trade deficit by 14.1 percent during the past ten months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
Regarding the export coverage ratio of imports, the total export coverage ratio of imports was 50 percent during the past ten months of the current year compared to 51 percent for the same period in 2024, with a decrease of one percentage point. Meanwhile, the coverage ratio for October alone reached 38 percent compared to 49 percent in the same month of 2024, a decline of eleven percentage points.
In terms of economic figures and indicators, the total export value during this period amounted to 8.588 billion dinars, with national exports constituting 7.807 billion dinars and re-exports 781 million dinars, while import values reached 17.347 billion dinars during the same period.
Thus, the trade deficit, which represents the difference between the total export value and import value, reached 8.759 billion dinars during the first ten months of the current year, an increase in the deficit amounting to 1.108 billion dinars compared with the same period of 2024.
Regarding the monthly performance for October last month, the total export value during October last month amounted to 899 million dinars, of which 810 million dinars were from national exports and 89 million dinars from re-exports. Meanwhile, imports valued at 2.361 billion dinars led to a trade deficit of 1.462 billion dinars during October last month.
Total exports for October last month increased by 10.7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, with national exports up by 8.4 percent and re-exports by 36.9 percent, and imports rose by 43.0 percent. This led to an increase in the trade deficit by 74.3 percent.
