JORDAN’S TEXTILE SECTOR THRIVES DESPITE REGIONAL CONFLICT, POSTING RECORD GROWTH
November 26th, 2024
Jordan's textile and leather industries have made impressive strides over the past six months, driven by a robust increase in exports and greater investment in raw materials, despite ongoing conflicts in neighbouring Lebanon and Israel.
Indeed, Jordan’s combined textile and leather industry achieved remarkable year-on-year growth of 11.8% in the second quarter of 2024, said Ihab Qadri, representative of the leather and textile industry at the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI).
In the first eight months of 2024, exports from the sector surged by 20.3%, ...
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