Jordanian apparel exports continue to grow
According to the latest report from the “Jordan Times”, despite the sharp decline in Jordan’s domestic clothing trade in 2018, clothing exports continued to grow.
The domestic garment industry declined sharply in 2018
According to a recent research report released by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jordanian garment exports are expected to continue increase. At the same time, Munir Deyeh, president of the Jordan Textile and Garment Enterprises Federation, said that domestic clothing sales in Jordan fell sharply in 2018, a drop of nearly 60%.
The annual growth rate of the apparel industry in 2019 is expected to reach 9%
An unnamed source from Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation said that Jordan The apparel export industry is a $1.8 billion industry. The source reiterated that “Jordanian apparel exports are expected to grow by at least 8% this year.” The United States is currently Jordan’s largest apparel export market.
Fredon Hartoka, secretary-general of the Jordan Investment Commission, told the Jordan Times that approximately US$1.2 billion worth of goods are exported to the United States every year, of which nearly 85% are clothing. On the other hand, Jordanian apparel exports to the EU are also expected to continue to increase under the simplified rules of origin agreement, Hartoka said. Jordan and the EU signed an agreement on simplified rules of origin in 2016, which is valid until 2026. The agreement allows Jordanian manufacturers to export domestic products to the EU, 70% of which are imported materials.
The garment industry faces many challenges
Although the Jordanian garment industry is still growing, it will face many challenges: lack of well-trained and qualified local labor; Borrowing costs are high and SME sector leaders are inexperienced.
Khaled Al Saheb, chief representative of the EBRD SME Financing and Development Department in Jordan, said: Among the challenges currently faced by the Jordanian garment industry, I think the foreign labor force in the garment industry is as high as The 75% ratio is the most urgent problem to be solved. Garment business owners seem to believe that it is cheaper to hire foreign labor, but the reality is that workers must be paid the minimum wage regardless of their nationality.
Fathallah Emrani, chairman of the General Trade Union of Workers in Textile Garment and Clothing Industries, said that the minimum wage is usually not attractive to Jordanians, especially young people, who prefer to find decent jobs. Nowadays, clothing companies provide various incentives: employees have two meals a day and are provided with compensation. Some companies can get bonuses every month as long as employees do not miss a day of work. These bonuses range from JD15 to JD40, but Jordanian workers are unwilling to work overtime, which is the main reason why Jordanian garment companies tend to hire foreign employees.
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