Jordan, India private sectors urged to boost trade

AMMAN — President of the Amman Chamber of Industry and Jordan Chamber of Industry Fathi Jaghbir on Friday met with India's Ambassador to Jordan Anwar Haleem over means of boosting trade and economic ties between both countries’ private sectors.

Jaghbir, during the meeting, voiced the private sector’s keenness to enhance relations with its Indian counterpart, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

He also noted that Jordanian exports to India in 2018 totalled $685 million, including potash, phosphate and fertilisers, while Indian exports to the Kingdom were estimated at $568 million.

The Indian envoy, for his part, called for institutionalising the relationship between the representatives of the two countries' private sectors, expressing his country's readiness to remove all obstacles hindering Jordanian-Indian cooperation.