President of Jordan Chamber of Industry urges to ease movement to Iraq as exports rise

Published March 6th, 2005 - 10:01 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

President of the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) Hatem Halawani called for overcoming difficulties that face the flow of the Jordanian exports to the Iraqi markets. According to <i>Petra</i>, Jordan's exports to Iraq went up during 2004 by 36% to hit JD 356 million compared to JD 224 million in 2003.

 

Specifically, Halawani called on the Ministry of Trade and Industry and all concerned parties, in a statement issued by JCI on Saturday, to work on solving obstacles related to the movement of the land transport between Jordan and Iraq.