Deficit drops thanks to increased exports

By JT - Aug 27,2018 - Last updated at Aug 27,2018

AMMAN — The deficit and trade balance in the first six months of 2018 dropped by 5 per cent when compared with the same period of last year, thanks to the increase of national exports by 2.5 per cent, the Department of Statistics said on Monday.

The department said that the Kingdom’s total exports covered 37.2 per cent of imports during the first half of 2018, compared with 35.5 per cent in the same period of 2017, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

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