The Chairman of Amman Chamber of Industry Engineer Fathi Al-Jaghbir said that a number of industrial sectors are beginning to see positive effects of the government decision to apply the principle of reciprocity with Syria, as demand for many Jordanian products begins to grow in the local market. 

He praised the decision to apply the principle of reciprocity with Syria, which came as a result of the demand of the industrial sector to apply for months, since the import from Syria, had a negative impact on local industrial products. 

Al-Jaghbir stressed the positive impact on local industries due to the application of the principle of reciprocity with the Syrian side, and increase its share in the local market, calling on the government to continue the same approach by re-reviewing and evaluating all the free trade agreements signed between Jordan and various countries, and assessing the implications of the application. These agreements on national industries and take all necessary measures to protect the national product and enhance its competitiveness because there is no development or growth without support for the industrial sector. 

He pointed out in a press release on Sunday that the board of directors of the Amman Chamber of Industry has followed the obstacles facing Jordanian exports to a number of major markets and promising markets, pointing out that the chamber and through follow-up to the files of these markets, prepared a full matrix of the most important obstacles facing Jordanian exports to these Markets, especially customs and administrative, have been provided to the government to work to resolve them, and if these countries do not respond, similar measures are taken against their exports to Jordan. 

He pointed out that despite the existence of an Arab free trade agreement and the existence of bilateral agreements between Jordan and various countries, there is an infringement on the right of entry of Jordanian products to some markets in the region contrary to the provisions of the Agreement on Facilitating and Developing Trade between Arab Countries and the Greater Arab Free Trade Area Agreement. The General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) 1994 and the Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, through the unilateral withdrawal of certain countries from free trade agreements and the imposition of customs duties or fees; Measures with similar effect or through the drafting of technical and administrative procedures for non-tariff limit the ability of Jordanian products to access to the markets of those countries. 

Al-Jaghbir reviewed the experience of Jordanian industrialists in exporting to the Egyptian market, the heavy material burdens experienced by exporters such as port floors and shipping alternatives for shippers, as well as the suffering of Jordanian industrialists from the events on Syrian territory and the subsequent Syrian government decisions after Jordan lost about 82 percent of its exports to Syria. During the past six years, according to a digital reading of foreign trade data issued by the Department of Statistics. 

He continued: Despite the reopening of the land border between the two countries, Jordanian exports to the Syrian market have faced a number of obstacles, most notably the Syrian government's status of negative lists; it has banned the importation of certain commodity lists under the pretext of protecting its national products. The Syrian agent or trader must obtain prior approvals from his country's authorities for the importation of Jordanian products. 

He stressed the need to build trade relations between Jordan and various countries of the world on the basis of mutual profit in the relationship, and that no considerations or concerns overwhelm the economic concern, which is the basis of the renaissance, development and presence on the international arena, especially the countries of the region with which Jordan has long built its relationship on the basis of integration. Don't compete. 

Turning to the agreement with Turkey, which was canceled last year, he pointed out that the agreement was in favor of the Turkish side due to the great difference between the competitiveness and export capabilities of Jordanian and Turkish industries, which led to a significant increase in Turkish exports to Jordan and even tripled during the last ten years. To reach about a billion dollars.

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