The share of food produced in the Kingdom in the local market is about 52 percent, which makes the food industry one of the most important sectors that contribute to achieving food security, according to statistical data of the Jordan Chamber of Industry.

The data showed at a press conference Saturday at the Chamber's headquarters that the food industries sector constitutes 15% of the total number of industrial establishments operating in the Kingdom, up to 2645, provided 50 thousand jobs and registered capital of 643 million dinars.

 It also showed that the exports of the food industry amounted to 531 million dinars last year against 525 million dinars in 2017, while the products reach 70 markets around the world, and Arab countries are the trading partner of the food produced by the Kingdom.

 The head of the Jordan Chamber of Industry Eng. Fathi Al-Jaghbir said that the position of the food industry in the consumer came due to the quality of manufacturing and the commitment of Jordanian manufacturers to the best international standards and standards.

He added at the conference that the food industry has unique advantages through its interrelationship with several other economic and productive sectors to form an interdependent link.

He pointed out that the Jordan Chamber of Industry is seeking to develop perceptions and recommendations to stimulate both the food industry and the various sub-sectors, according to the principle of effective partnership with the government of various institutions.

The representative of the sector of food, food, agriculture and livestock industries in the Jordan Chamber of Industry, "Mohammed Walid" Aljitan, Jordanian food is safe and high quality being under the strict control of the General Organization for Food and Drug.

 He cited the statistics of the computerized system issued by the Food and Drug Organization of the Committee for awareness, guidance and control of the industrial sector, where the number of food factories covered within the system 1150 plants are subject to periodic control and licensed within the requirements and specifications of global food.
"According to the computerized system and index, the percentage of closures of food factories covered during the past three years is only 0.005," he said, stressing that the food items associated with children safe, healthy and controlled, especially in school.

He pointed out the challenges facing the food industry, especially the high cost of production and unfair competition from food imports, especially from the Arab countries, and the absence of a policy of reciprocity for neighbouring countries in the import of food products.

 He called for activating the law to protect national production to protect the local industry from various forms of dumping and to ensure that it conforms to the Jordanian standard specifications and to activate and approve the instructions issued under the Economic Establishments Inspection Law. nspection Law. 

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