Exports from East Amman Industrial Zone rise during first 2 months of 2016

AMMAN — The value of East Amman Industrial Zone’s (EAIZ) exports in the first two months of 2016 reached some JD33 million, compared to JD32 million in the same period of last year.

According to a statistical report issued by the EAIZ Investor Association, the supply, food, and agricultural industries and the livestock amounted for JD20 million, and cosmetics for JD3 million.

EAIZ is the oldest industrial zone in the Kingdom, which witnessed the establishment of the first factory in the early 1960s, and now houses 1,800 small- and medium-sized facilities that provide 26,000 jobs for Jordanians.