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Basic Information
Capital: Paris
Language: French
Population: 67,364,357
Total Area: 643,801 sq km
Currency: Euro
The Diplomatic representation in Jordan
Embassy of the Republic of France
Tel: +962 6 4604630
Email: cad.amman-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Economic profile
GDP: $2.856 trillion
Real Growth rate: 2.3%
GDP-Per Capita: $44,100
Inflation rate: 1.2%
Unemployment rate: 9.4%
Trade Balance
Exports: $549.9 billion
Imports: $601.7 billion
Budget:
Revenues: $1.392 trillion
Expenditures: $1.459 trillion
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Natural resources
metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, arable land, fish
French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay
Major exports: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
Major imports: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
Trade partners: Germany, Italia, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, China, UK
Agriculture Products: wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish
Major industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism
Labor force: 30.68 million distributed as follows:
Agriculture: 2.8%
Industry: 20%
Services: 77.2%
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External Trade Between Jordan & France - JOD
| Year |
Exports |
Imports |
| 2017 |
6,581,452 |
299,078,939 |
| 2018 |
9,713,300 |
327,024,900 |
| 2019 |
4,917,700 |
301,561,800 |
| 2020 |
3,710,800 |
190,392,400 |
| 2021 (January-February) |
635,300 |
23,124,600 |
Source: Department of Statistics
Main Jordanian Exports to France
Products of the chemical or allied industries
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
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
Mineral products
Vegetable products
Live animals; animal products
Main Jordanian Imports from France:
Textiles and textile articles
Products of the chemical or allied industries
Vegetable products
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Agreements between Jordan and France
- EU- Jordan Association Agreement – signed in 1997
- Non-Double Taxation and Tax Evasion Agreement on Income – signed in 1984
- Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement v- signed in 1978
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