Aldoustor _The Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Dr. Tariq Al-Hamouri stressed that the strategic stock of basic materials, particularly wheat and barley, is very comfortable, adding in his response to a question to the "Constitution" about the extent of the Kingdom's preparations for any regional and global developments in the face of the consequences of the Corona virus, that there are « Preparations for all scenarios "to the extent that if there is a complete closure of all borders, then we have enough inventory for about (9-10 months)."

Dr. Al-Hamouri, in a quick reading of the crisis management since its inception, specifically in the file of "food stocks" and the provision of goods, praised the great role played by the private sector, and the constructive cooperation between the two sectors in this pandemic, describing the performance of the private sector as a "supervising position", indicating that services The basic was not cut off throughout the crisis, and all materials remained and still filled shelves in various markets, and that “some industrialists were selling at a cost, and some sold at a loss at the beginning of the crisis in order to provide the required goods in the Jordanian markets.”

The Minister of Industry and Trade said that His Majesty's recent visit to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and his acquaintance with models of national industries, in addition to His Majesty's visit to one of the largest factories in the Kingdom (the giant) gave the industrialists great support and raised their morale, so that they are as they are always on the responsibility, “The industries have proven The Jordanian said that it was on the scale of challenges and was able to turn it into opportunities. ”He pointed out - the minister - that during the closing period, about 100 new production lines from the national industries were added, adding:“ We used to manufacture about 30,000 masks per day, but now only the capabilities have reached To about (1.8 million muzzles per day) and before the end of this year we will reach more than (two million muzzles).

He added: «We exported about (50 million) masks to the countries of the world, while there are now more industrialized countries than us that suffer from a period of closure and need more gags.
He said that the great effort exerted by the private sector was the beginnings of the crisis and until today it was a great effort that drew the attention of the world, which began looking to Jordanian industries, explaining that until June 15, some 300,000 medical bibs were exported, and about (100,000) medical labels. .

In his speech on observing markets and inspection teams, the minister said that the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply has about (80) inspectors, and this is not sufficient to monitor all markets, but with the "unified inspection" there have been about (2400 inspectors) from all ministries, the local administration and the Amman Municipality, and thus We were able to reach about (100,000 establishments) in a month and a half.

On the authority of public bodies, he said: We have developed a mechanism and instructions for meetings of public bodies (ON LINE), and in this way about (130) meetings have been held so far, and this Jordanian experiment has been approved and taken by the brothers in Egypt and Qatar.

On exports, the minister revealed a plan to increase exports, he said that it was continuous before the Corona crisis, indicating that he had previously pledged to increase exports to about 5%, and what was achieved at the end of 2019 reached about 6.8%, and this happens for the first time since 2014.

He pointed out that there is a problem in «base Exporters "that range from (200 to 300) exporters," therefore, "we are now working to increase the base of exporters in the" commodity and services "sectors, not just commodities, and we aim to increase exports by 7%."

Recalling the incentives previously launched by the government to increase exports, and confirming the ministry's continued provision of what it could for national industries to increase exports and open new markets.

Speaking about the "micro-sector", Dr. Al-Hamouri said that there is great interest and focus on this sector, especially in light of the lack of jobs in the government sector, and because this sector can play an important role in the employment of many, and therefore many steps have been taken to overcome the obstacles of "the economy" Domestic », starting with the work to spread the culture of“ home economics ”and not ending with joint measures with the National Aid Fund and the private sector to overcome obstacles and solve marketing problems and others.

On the development of procedures for investors, auditors, and administrative reforms that took place in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Minister Al-Hamouri said: «Previously, the transaction took about (200 minutes) on average to complete it, but today it takes about (20) minutes on average, and the average transaction completion is in monitoring Companies specifically, about (7 minutes only), indicating that most transactions are now completed electronically.

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