Khaberni - The Kingdom's trade balance achieved a surplus with 11 countries within the Greater Arab Free Trade Area during the past year 2025, as Jordan continues its efforts to enhance its presence in the Arab markets.
This positive performance aligns with the targets of the Economic Modernization Vision and indicates the growth of national exports and their competitiveness in the Arab markets, alongside the expansion of the commercial partners' base in the region.
According to the data from foreign trade statistics issued by the Department of Statistics, national exports to countries within the Arab trade area grew by 10.2% in 2025, reaching a value of 3.952 billion dinars, compared to 3.585 billion dinars in 2024.
Last year, the value of the Kingdom’s imports from countries within the Arab trade area reached 5.444 billion dinars, compared with 5.073 billion dinars in 2024, an increase of 7.3%.
Based on statistical data, the countries of the Arab trade area ranked first among trade partners in 2025, constituting 41 percent of the total value of national exports.
In the same context, the trade deficit of the Kingdom with the countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area in 2025 reached 1.492 billion dinars, compared to 1.488 billion dinars in 2024.
The volume of trade between the Kingdom and the countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area in 2025 was about 9.396 billion dinars, compared with 8.658 billion dinars in 2024.
The trade balance of the Kingdom achieved a surplus with several countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area in 2025, namely Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, Qatar, Morocco, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Algeria, Iraq, and Bahrain, while the trade balance of the Kingdom recorded a deficit with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Oman, Tunisia, and Sudan.
Saudi Arabia had the largest share of the national exports to the countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area in 2025, reaching about 1.230 billion dinars, an increase of 9 percent, followed by Iraq with a value of 990 million, an increase of 8.6%, and the national exports also saw noticeable growth with Syria, reaching 252 million dinars, an increase of 358.2%
In the same vein, Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries from which Jordan imports, where the Kingdom’s imports from it reached about 2.95 billion dinars, and thus the trade deficit of Jordan with Saudi Arabia in 2025 reached about 1.72 billion dinars.
Jordanian exports to countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area are centered around fertilizers, pharmaceutical preparations, agricultural products including fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, salts and skin care products, in addition to food preparations, furniture, textiles and clothing, and paints.
The Kingdom's imports from countries of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area include a diverse range of goods, most notably crude oil and its derivatives, jewelry and ornaments, food products, plastic sheets and plates, titanium oxide, polyethylene, polystyrene, and iron and its manufactures, in addition to other goods.
It is noted that the value of national exports increased by 9.9 percent in 2025, reaching 9.624 billion dinars, while the value of re-exported goods rose by 12.3 percent, recording 959 million dinars, bringing the total exports value to 10.583 billion dinars, an increase of 10.1 percent compared to 2024.
The Greater Arab Free Trade Area is defined as an economic alliance among Arab countries for economic integration and trade exchange with reduced customs duties, having come into effect in January 2005, and it includes 18 Arab member countries.
