Sharp decline in vegetable exports from Jordan to Israel

Jordan

Published: 2018-03-21 16:07

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 14:14


View of the Jordan River Crossing (The Times of Israel)
View of the Jordan River Crossing (The Times of Israel)

Jordanian exports of vegetables to Israel witnessed a sharp decline in February, compared to the previous month, according to a monthly exports report by the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture.

Around 143 tonnes of vegetables were exported from Jordan to Israel in February, comparing with 1173 tonnes in January.

Israel imported 111 tonnes of cucumbers from Jordan in February, a sharp decline when compared with the 1016 tonnes bought from the kingdom in January. Israel had also purchased 21 tonnes of squash in February, a far cry from the 135 tonnes imported by them in the previous month.

There has been a fluctuation in vegetable exports between the two countries during the last decade.

According to the UN COMTRADE database on international trade, trading between Jordan and Israel recorded its highest peak in 2008, when it was at around $34 million, before it gradually declined to reach around $4 million in 2010, the lowest number during their ten-year trading period.

Trade relations between both countries settled in 1994, after signing the Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty. The agreement set guidelines for trade cooperation, resolved land and water disputes, as well as improved cooperation in tourism between the kingdom and Israel.