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International Workers’ Day

The world celebrates the Workers ‘ Day on the first day of May every year. The Knights of Labor, founded in 1869 as a trade union organization that seeks to improve workers’ conditions and reduce working hours, have introduced this event. Later, with the development of the trade union movement, a group of trade union leaders succeeded in forming a workers’ body in 1886. This body campaigned to consider 1 May of that year as a day of general strike [...]

April 30, 2018 Events
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National exports increase by 0.1% and Imports by 3.9% during the first two months of 2018

The statistical data issued by the Department of Statistics indicate that the value of total exports reached JD.780.8 million During January and February 2018 [i.e., a decrease by (4.5%) compared with the same period of 2017]. Meanwhile, the national exports value reached JD.647.8 Million during January and February 2018 [i.e. an increase by 0.1% compared with the same period of 2017]. The value of re-exports reached JD 133.0 million during January and February 2018 which indicates a decrease by [...]

April 26, 2018 Deficit in the Trade Balance, Exports, External Trade, Imports, Re-exports
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21.7% the Average Decrease in Agricultural Producers’ Prices during Feb 2018

The data issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the Average Agricultural Producers’ Price Index for Feb 2018 by 21.7% compared with Feb 2017. (The Price Index reached 104.2 in Feb 2018 compared with 133.0 in Feb 2017).The most significant crops that contributed to this decrease were tomatoes (81.2%), potato (19.1%), squash (35.4%), eggplants (45.6%), cucumber (13.8%), cauliflower (43.4%), broad beans (33.9%), lemon (18.8%), hot pepper [...]

April 23, 2018 Agricultural Producers Prices
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Apr Industrial Production Quantities decrease by 7.7% during February 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the General Industrial Production Quantities for Feb 2018 to reach 83.9 against 90.9 for the same month of 2017 recording a decrease by 7.7%. This mainly was a result of a decrease in the production quantities of manufacturing industries by 8.0% with a relative importance of 86.0% representing a decrease of 6.9 percentage points, the quantities of quarrying production by 5.4% with a relative importance of [...]

April 18, 2018 Industrial Production Quantities
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5.8% the average increase of Industrial Producer’s prices during February 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the General Industrial price index for February 2018 to reach 119.45 against 112.90 for the same month of 2017 recorded a growth by 5.8% compared with the same month of 2017. This mainly was a result of an increase in the production quantities of the manufacturing Industries by 5.8% with a relative importance of 86.0%, this sector had contributed by 5.02 percentage points, the quantities of quarrying [...]

April 17, 2018 Industrial producers prices
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4.4% the Average Increase of the Inflation Rate for March 2018

The monthly report on inflation in Jordan issued by the Department of Statistics indicates that the Consumer Price Average (Inflation) reached 124.0 in March 2018 against 118.8 during March 2017 recorded an increase by 4.4%.The main commodities groups, which contributed to this increase, were “Transport” 8.7% representing 1.1 percentage point “Cereals and its Products” 22.5% representing 1.1 percentage points, “Tobacco and cigarettes” 14.4% representing 0.6 percentage points,  “Rents” 2.9% representing 0.4 percentage point and “meat and poultry” 4.7% representing [...]

April 16, 2018 Inflation rate
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1.8% GDP growth rate at constant prices in the fourth quarter of 2017

The Department of Statistics issued the results of the preliminary quarterly estimates of the GDP at fixed prices for the fourth quarter of 2017. The results show that growth reached 1.8% during the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with the same quarter of 2016.For the annual level the Gross domestic product of constant prices of 2017 was 2.0% as compared with 2016. At the level of production sectors, most sectors have shown positive growth during the fourth quarter of 2017 [...]

April 2, 2018 Growth Rate Prices
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National exports decrease by (7.8%) and Imports increase by 8.1% during January 2018

The statistical data issued by the Department of Statistics indicate that the value of total exports reached JD.376.4 million During January 2018 [i.e., a decrease by (19.1%) compared with the same period of 2017]. Meanwhile, the national exports value reached JD.315.8 Million during January 2018 [i.e. a decrease by (7.8%) compared with the same period of 2017]. The value of re-exports reached JD 60.6 million during January 2018 which indicates a decrease by (50.7%) as compared with the same [...]

March 22, 2018 Deficit in the Trade Balance, Exports, External Trade, Imports, Re-exports
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Industrial Production Quantities increase by 0.1% during January

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the General Industrial Production Quantities for Jan 2018 to reach 94.9 against 94.8 for the same month of 2017 recorded an increase by 0.1% as compared with same month 2016. This mainly was a result of an increase in the production quantities of the quarrying Industries by 18.8% with a relative importance of 8.2%, representing an increase of 0.5 percentage points. Meanwhile, there was a decrease [...]

March 15, 2018 Industrial producers prices
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8.9% the average increase of Industrial Producer’s prices during January 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the General Industrial price index for January 2018 to reach 122.10 against 112.11 for the same month of 2017 recorded a growth by 8.9% compared with the same month of 2017. This mainly was a result of an increase in the production quantities of the manufacturing Industries by 10.0% with a relative importance of 86.0%, this sector had contributed by 8.67 percentage points, the quantities of [...]

March 13, 2018 Industrial producers prices
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