Khaberni - The Cabinet decided in its session held on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, to exempt the purchases of the National Electricity Company from the local market of diesel and fuel oil (1% sulfur) and fuel oil (3.5% sulfur) from all fees and taxes including the special tax, customs duties, import stamp duties, and any other taxes and fees that may be incurred, as part of the government's measures to deal with the repercussions of the current regional situations and their expected impact on fuel prices and the sustainability of energy security and electricity and supply chains.
The decision completes a series of decisions taken by the government during the previous Cabinet session to deal with the repercussions of the regional situations and to ensure the sustainability of energy security and supply chains, which included: stopping the decision to limit the import of goods arriving in containers to the Aqaba port, and allowing their import through the Jordanian land border crossings for a period of one month, starting from 5/3/2026; to ensure the timely arrival of urgent shipments of container-loaded goods to their destinations in the Kingdom, and the approval of exemptions from customs duties and taxes due on the increased shipping fees on goods, covering all goods arriving via sea shipping with these exemptions for a period of six months, starting from 5/3/2026.
It also included allowing the Jordanian Oil Facilities Logistic Company to import diesel and fuel oil on behalf of the National Electricity Company, and exempting the company's imports of these materials from all fees and taxes exclusively for this purpose, and allowing the National Electricity Company to use part of the government's strategic diesel stockpile; for the purposes of sustaining the electric power generation system.
