Clothing exports rise 8% in 2015

AMMAN — The Kingdom's exports of clothes in 2015 increased by 8.7 per cent, registering JD1.11 billion, compared to JD1.02 billion in 2014, Adel Tawileh, representative of the leather and textile industries at the Jordan Chamber of Industry, said on Monday.

He added the US market received 90 per cent of these products, under the free trade agreement signed between Jordan and the US.

The total investment value of the cloth sector in the Kingdom exceeds JD700 million, Tawileh elaborated, highlighting the value could be increased if the rules of origin are facilitated under the Jordanian-EU agreement, to allow the use of Chinese and southeastern Asian countries fabrics.

There are some 1,300 facilities working in the cloth sector in the Kingdom, which provides some 65,000 direct and indirect jobs, in addition to 5,000 jobs for supporting professions, he added.