Jordan's industrial exports to Syria dropped by 70% in the first quarter of 2019, despite the resumption of normal flow over the land border crossing between the two countries, President of the Jordan Chamber of Industry Fathi Jaghbir said Monday (April 1st).
In a statement to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, Jaghbir said the kingdom’s industrial exports to Syria declined to 19 million Jordanian dinars ($26 million) during the January-March period of the year, compared with 61 million Jordanian dinars ($86 million) during the same period of 2018.
He attributed the drop to obstacles and procedures imposed by the Syrian authorities on Jordanian exports, requiring Syrians to receive a license that allows importing only certain quantities and goods from the kingdom.
Syria also has banned a wide variety of commodities from entering the country under the pretext of protecting local products, Jaghbir said.
The Jaber-Nassib crossing between Jordan and Syria was back to business as usual on October 15th, after it was reopened for passenger and cargo movement under certain conditions agreed upon between the two countries.
