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Jordan
  • Imports from Jordan A$10 million
  • Exports to Jordan A$181million
  • Capital Amman
  • Official Language Arabic
  • Surface Area 89,000 sq km
  • Population 6.4 million

Last updated: 19 Jan 2012

Market profile

Doing business

Opportunities lie in the construction sector; services - especially finance, IT, health and education, food and beverages, franchising, defence and security.

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Country Profile

Content supplied by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • ECONOMIC CLIMATE
    The Jordanian economy is small and narrowly based, but a series of reforms are positioning it as an emerging regional centre.
    » read more at DFAT
  • POLITICAL CLIMATE
    Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. The current monarch, King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, is Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
    » read more at DFAT
  • TRADE RELATIONS
    Australia and Jordan share a warm relationship with valuable historical dimensions dating back to the First World War.
    » read more at DFAT

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