Exports Up 8.5% In First 7 Months 2025-Dos

(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)

Amman, Sept. 25 (Petra) - National exports rose by 8.5% during the first seven months of 2025, while re-exports increased by 4.1 percent, bringing total exports up by 8.1%, compared with the same period in 2024, according to Department of Statistics (DoS).
In its monthly report on Jordan's foreign trade released Thursday, the DoS said imports grew by 5.4 percent, reflecting a 2.7 percent rise in the trade deficit during the January–July period of 2025, against the same period in 2024.
The report indicated that total exports covered 51 percent of imports in the first seven months of 2025, compared with 50 percent in the same period of 2024, marking the highest coverage ratio ever recorded by the Jordanian economy.
For July alone, the coverage ratio reached 55 percent compared with 50 percent in July 2024, a 5-percentage-point increase.
Total exports during the period stood at JD5.798 billion, including JD5.268 billion in national exports and JD530 million in re-exports.
Imports amounted to JD11.319 billion, leaving a trade deficit of JD5.521 billion in the first seven months of 2025, an increase of JD145 million compared with the same period of 2024.
On a monthly basis, total exports in July 2025 reached JD987 million, of which JD889 million were national exports and JD98 million re-exports, while imports amounted to JD1.780 billion, resulting in a JD793 million trade deficit.
Compared with July 2024, total exports in July 2025 grew by 7.0 percent, national exports by 6.0 percent, and re-exports by 18.1 percent. Imports declined by 4.2 percent, which led to a 15.4 percent decrease in the trade deficit.

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