Monthly Archives - June 2018

National exports increase by 4.0% and Imports decrease by (2.5%) during the first third of 2018

The statistical data issued by the Department of Statistics indicate that the value of total exports reached JD.1663.2 million during the first third 2018 [i.e., an increase by 2.3% compared with the same period of 2017]. Meanwhile, the national exports value reached JD.1373.7 Million during the first third of 2018 [i.e. an increase by 4.0% compared with the same period of 2017]. The value of re-exports reached JD [...]

June 28, 2018 Deficit in the Trade Balance, Exports, Imports, Re-exports
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Industrial Production Quantities decrease by 6.8% during April 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the General Industrial Production Quantities for Apr 2018 to reach 87.0 against 93.3 for the same month of 2017 recorded a decrease by 6.8% .This mainly was a result of a decrease in the production quantities of the manufacturing Industries index by 6.41 percentage points with a relative importance of 86.0% and the quantities of quarrying production index by 0.40 percentage points with a relative importance [...]

June 21, 2018 Industrial Production Quantities
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5.6 % the average increase of Industrial Producer’s prices during April 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the General Industrial price index for April 2018 to reach 118.50 against 112.19 for the same month of 2017 recorded a growth by 5.6% compared with the same month of 2017. This mainly was a result of an increase in the manufacturing Industries prices by 4.66 percentage points with a relative importance of 86.0%, the quarrying industries prices by 1.13 percentage points with a relative importance [...]

June 20, 2018 Industrial producers prices
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5.1% the Average Increase of the Inflation Rate for May 2018

The monthly report on inflation in Jordan issued by the Department of Statistics indicates that the Consumer Price Average (Inflation) reached 124.9 in May 2018 against 118.9 during May 2017 recorded an increase by 5.1%.The main commodities groups, which contributed to this increase, were “Transport” 1.50 percentage points, “Cereals and its Products” 1.09 percentage points, “Tobacco and cigarettes” 0.62% percentage points, “Meats and Poultry” 0.43 percentage points and “rents” [...]

June 19, 2018 Inflation rate
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14.5% the Average Decrease in Agricultural Producers’ Prices during April 2018

The data issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the Average Agricultural Producers’ Price Index for April 2018 by (14.5%) compared with April 2017. (The Price Index reached 102.6 in April 2018 compared with 120.0 in April 2017).The most significant crops that contributed to this decrease were tomatoes (79.2%), potato (27.5%), watermelon (28.7%), cherries (45.5%), humous (40.5%), humous grain (40.8%), green almond (51.0%), green sweet pepper (50.7%), cantaloupe (34.8%) and apricot (55.2%).( the total of their relative [...]

June 12, 2018 Agricultural Producers Prices
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18.4% Unemployment Rate during the first Quarter of 2018

The Department of Statistics issued its quarterly report on the Unemployment Rate of 2018: The following are the main results of this survey: Unemployment:  The results show that the Unemployment Rate has reached (18.4%) during the first quarter of 2018 ; representing an increase by 0.2 percentage points of the first quarter 2017.  the Unemployment Rate for males has reached (16.0% ) during the first quarter of 2018 against (27.8%) for females. it becomes clear that the Unemployment Rate has [...]

June 4, 2018 Unemployment rate
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