AMMAN— President of the Jordan Free Zones Investors Commission Nabil Rumman stated that land shipping costs to Iraq increased 4 folds since the Karameh Border crossing —the only one between Jordan and Iraq, was closed almost 7 months ago.
Accordingly, Rumman explained to “Al Ghad” that due to the sensitive situation on the Iraqi side of the borders, the shutting of the crossing has trucks crossing through Saudi Arabia into Kuwait now, and into Iraq from there.
The Kingdom’s exports to Iraq dropped to JOD453.5 million —approximately 41 per cent, during the first 11 months of 2015, compared to JOD767.6 million inexports of the same period from 2014.
