The head of the Amman Chamber of Industry, Eng. Fathi Al-Jaghbir, said that the Jordanian industry has developed significantly over the past 10 years and has reached 130 markets around the world.
"Jordan has returned to its strategic advantage after opening the land border with Iraq and Syria," he said during a ceremony in the capital of Doha on the side-lines of the Jordan Industries Exhibition organized by the International Marketing and Organizing Company (IPCO).

He pointed out that the exhibition, which is attended by 100 different industrial companies and concludes its activities on Friday evening, aims to introduce the Jordanian industrialists, traders and importers to Jordan's advanced and pioneering industries from various sectors and expand its presence and diversification in the Qatari market.

The Jordanian industrial sector seeks to deepen its relations and networking with its Qatari counterpart, build trade partnerships and establish joint industrial investments, which will be reflected in the interests of the two brotherly countries.

He stressed that the Amman Chamber of Industry is keen to support the participation of industrialists in such international and regional exhibitions, which is an important marketing station to showcase the products of various industrial sectors.

For his part, Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) First Deputy Chairman Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Tawar Al-Kuwari said that the private sector in Qatar looks forward to strengthening cooperation relations with his Jordanian counterpart in various economic fields, especially in the industrial sector, which is the mainstay of the economy.

In which about 100 Jordanian companies participated, which will contribute to the strengthening of these relations, as well as the definition of the Qatari market with Jordanian industrial products, which have distinctive specifications that make them competitive in the Qatari market.

He pointed out that the Doha hosting of the exhibition comes in the light of the strong brotherly ties between the two countries. He hoped that the exhibition will achieve its objectives in promoting the Jordanian industries among the Qatari business community and that the Jordanian companies will participate in the exhibition to meet Qatari agents to bring their products to the market. Qatar.

He added that the establishment of such industrial exhibitions contributes to the activation of trade exchange between the two brotherly countries, which achieved good growth during the past year by 18%, amounting to 250 million dinars compared to 211 million dinars, despite the disruption of transport and shipment of goods and goods between the two countries by land.
Al-Kuwari pointed out that the economic and trade cooperation between businessmen is in the same way of growth and development. The Qatari market witnessed the entry of about 210 new Jordanian companies during the year 2018 through partnerships and alliances with Qatari companies. The number of Jordanian Qatari joint companies operating in the market By the end of last year about 1550 companies compared to 1340 companies by the end of 2017.
The Acting Charge d'Affaires at the Jordanian Embassy in Qatar, Amjad Al-Mubaidain, affirmed that the establishment of Jordan Industries Exhibition in Qatar for the second time is an addition to deepening economic relations between the two countries and developing their trade exchanges.
He pointed out that the two countries' relations are based on cooperation in various fields. He pointed out that the exhibition is an opportunity for the Jordanian industrialists participating in it to inform Qatari investors and businessmen about the national products, their competitiveness and their quality despite the challenges facing them.
He pointed out that the presence of the direct sea line between Aqaba and Doha, which will facilitate the transfer between the two countries and reduce them to eight days, represents a real artery and a fundamental supporter of the movement of trade exchange and flow of goods.
Al-Mubaidain expressed the hope that the next phase will see more cooperation to strengthen the two countries' trade, industrial and investment relations and transfer them to a broader and more welcoming horizons.
In turn, MP Khamis Attia said that the establishment of the Jordanian Industries Exhibition in Qatar represents a message to the depth of the relations between the two brotherly countries and the joint Arab cooperation to serve the industry and to support the flow of goods between Jordan and Qatar.
"We in Jordan cherish the good relationship with the sisterly State of Qatar and we cherish the relationship that His Majesty King Abdullah II established to His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and we look forward to strengthening and developing economic relations.
"We in Jordan highly value the initiative of the Qatari leadership to support the national economy and provide job opportunities and jobs for Jordanian youth in Qatar."

The Director General of APCO Raed Abu Saada thanked the Qatari side for its continuous support for the success of the Jordanian Industries Exhibition in Doha for the second time in a row.

Abu Saada said that the need to establish the exhibition was closely linked to many different bodies, especially the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Qatar and the Amman Industry Association and the Jordanian Investment Authority and the Jordanian Embassy.

He pointed out that the organization of the exhibition came to open new markets to the national industry and networking with the owners of the Qatari industrialists, noting that the companies that participated in the first exhibition organized in 2016, have achieved good successes.

Jordan exports to the State of Qatar plant products, live animals, chemical industries, machinery, machinery, food, plastics, stone products, ordinary metals and various commodities and products, while importing mineral products, plastics, metals and chemical industries.

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