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Basic Information
Capital: Rome
Language: Italian
Population: 62,246,674
Total Area: 301,340 sq km
Currency: Euro
The Diplomatic representation in Jordan:
Embassy of the Republic of Italy
Tel: +962 6 4638185
Fax: +962 6 4630226
Email: segreteria.amman@esteri.it
Economic profile
GDP: $2.317 trillion
Real Growth rate: 1.5%
GDP-Per Capita: $38,200
Inflation rate: 1.3%
Unemployment rate: 11.3%
Trade Balance:
Exports: $496.3 billion
Imports: $432.9 billion
Budget:
Revenues: $903.3 billion
Expenditures: $948.1 billion
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Natural resources: coal, antimony, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land.
Major exports: engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco; minerals, nonferrous metals
Major imports: engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, tobacco
Trade partners: Germany, France, Spain, UK, Switzerland, China, Netherlands, Belgium.
Major industries: tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics
Agriculture – Products: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Labor force: 25.94 million distributed as follows:
Agriculture: 3.9%
Industry: 28.3%
Services: 67.8%
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External Trade Between Jordan & Italy - JOD
| Year |
Exports |
Imports |
| 2017 |
17,326,696 |
589,213,375 |
| 2018 |
24,236,100 |
445,484,200 |
| 2019 |
20,748,100 |
432,234,700 |
| 2020 |
8,645,200 |
363,661,500 |
| 2021 (January - February) |
1,857,000 |
73,558,200 |
Source: Department of Statistics
Main Jordanian Exports to Italy:
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
- Base metals and articles of base metals
- Products of the chemical or allied industries
- Textiles and textile articles
- Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
Main Jordanian Imports from Italy:
- Mineral products
- Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
- Products of the chemical or allied industries
- Vegetable products
- Base metals and articles of base metals
- Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
- Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
- Textiles and textile articles
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
Agreements between Jordan and Italy
- EU- Jordan Association Agreement – signed in 1997
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