The Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) said exports covered by its data totalled JOD5.263 billion in the first eight months of 2026, compared with JOD4.822 billion in January–August 2025, an increase of 9.2%. The chamber published the figures on 12 September. Its release described a wider geographic spread, with shipments reaching markets in Africa, Europe and non-Arab Asia. Petra’s same-day report provided further detail on sector performance and destinations.

The growth was not uniform. ACI said exports from leather and garments declined 0.3% and those from engineering, electrical and information technology industries fell 9.4%. By contrast, packaging, paper, cardboard and office supplies rose 41.1%, while chemicals and cosmetics increased 28.6%. These percentages refer to changes within each sector, not the sector’s share of total exports. A rise in the overall total can coexist with declines in individual groups when other industries expand by more or carry larger export values.

Among four major markets highlighted by Petra, India received JOD779 million, Iraq approximately JOD769 million, the United States JOD625 million and Saudi Arabia JOD577 million. Together those four accounted for more than half of the chamber’s reported export total. The same report put shipments to Syria at about JOD266 million and to China at roughly JOD204 million, with China’s total up 144.4% year on year. Values are nominal dinar export receipts; the release does not adjust them for prices or describe them as inflation-adjusted volumes.

The ACI measure covers the chamber’s industrial exports based on its origin-certificate statistics. It is not interchangeable with national exports, customs merchandise exports or Amman Chamber of Commerce certificates. The institutions and underlying statistical scopes differ. The chamber represents industrial establishments in Amman; its export total should not be read as a full measure of all goods produced or shipped by Jordan nationally. The release also does not specify whether all reported shipments were produced locally or explain how re-exports are treated in each category.

The eight-month comparison shows stronger nominal export receipts in the chamber’s reporting series, alongside uneven sector results and concentration in several destination markets. It does not establish that every factory expanded production, that the pace will continue for the rest of the year or that the change resulted from one policy. Continued monthly reporting and national customs data are needed to assess persistence and broader trade effects. This article keeps the chamber’s January–August series distinct from other Jordan trade measures and retains the reporting period attached to each comparison.