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‘Saudi Arabia among Jordan’s main economic partners’
By JT - Jan 05,2016 - Last updated at Jan 05,2016
AMMAN — Saudi Arabia is Jordan’s foremost economic partner, with a bilateral trade volume of over $5.3 billion in 2014, Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Maha Ali said Tuesday.
During the inauguration ceremony of the Jordanian-Saudi Economic Forum, organised by the Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC), she noted that Saudi Arabia’s investments in the Kingdom exceed $10 billion in the transport, infrastructure, energy, finance, commerce and tourism sectors, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
JCC President Nael Kabariti said Saudi investments in the Kingdom have enriched the national economy.
Mohammad Odeh, head of the Saudi side in the Jordanian-Saudi Business Council, said the bilateral trade volume grew by over 40 per cent between 2009 and 2014.
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