Italy

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Country Details:

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

 

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%

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