Feb 17, 2010
Jordan's Department of Statistics has said that the kingdom's trade deficit had dropped 14.8% in 2009, as steel, machinery and oil imports decreased, Bloomberg has reported. Deficit shrank to JD5.47bn ($7.7bn) from JD6.42bn the year before. Exports fell 19.8% last year, led by a 49.3% slump in fertilizer shipments, the department said.
