Irbid Chamber of Industry chairman Hani Abu Hassan told Petra that the chamber issued 12,072 certificates of origin between January and September 2026. Exports associated with those certificates reached $934.1 million. The comparable figure for the first nine months of 2025 was $870.6 million, making the reported increase 7.3%. The release describes export activity recorded by the chamber for industrial establishments in Irbid. It is not a measure of Jordan’s national exports or a full count of every goods movement cleared through customs.

The industry breakdown shows where the reported sales were concentrated. Leather and garment producers accounted for $823 million. Food, agricultural and livestock industries contributed $50 million, while pharmaceutical industries and medical supplies exceeded $26.6 million. Chemical industries and cosmetics were above $21 million; plastics and rubber exceeded $6.5 million; and engineering, electrical and information technology industries were above $2.7 million. These are values attributed to the chamber chairman in Petra’s report. The announcement does not measure company profitability, domestic input content or value added in each category.

The $823 million leather and garment figure is about 88% of the reported $934.1 million total. That points to a strongly concentrated export profile in Irbid. Concentration can support scale, specialized skills and established buyer relationships, but it can also leave regional export receipts more exposed to shifts in demand or trade conditions affecting the largest industry. The source gives no employment count, number of firms, wage data, value-added estimate or information on how much of the sales came from new orders. Those omissions prevent a quantitative assessment of the sector’s resilience or of the distribution of export gains.

The United States was the leading destination, with shipments valued at more than $634 million. The Netherlands followed at $37.6 million, Germany at $32.8 million, Saudi Arabia at $23.5 million and Canada at $21.6 million. The chamber’s figures show a large US market alongside smaller European, Gulf and Canadian channels. They are statements by the chamber chairman relayed by Petra; this review did not independently reconcile destination values with customs data. The reported concentration is therefore useful as an account of the chamber’s export records, but should not be treated as a separately verified national trade table.

Industrial estates also account for most of the reported total. Al-Hassan Industrial Estate contributed $898 million, Cyber City more than $29.8 million and the chamber’s headquarters more than $6.3 million. This distribution indicates that recorded exports cluster around a small number of industrial locations. It does not establish capacity utilization, output growth or the share of local inputs. Abu Hassan said the chamber was working with government agencies and partner institutions to open new markets and diversify destinations. The release names no new markets, timetable or quantified target, so this remains a stated workstream rather than a measured outcome.

The nine-month comparison documents growth against the same period a year earlier, but it cannot be annualized safely or used to predict the final quarter. Origin certificates provide a record connected to foreign sales; on their own, they do not measure production volume, company revenue or exporter-level earnings. A fuller assessment would require consistent later-period breakdowns plus company counts, new exporter data, domestic value-added measures and comparison with customs statistics. For now, the chamber’s figures show a larger reported export value and the dominant position of leather and garments. They do not reveal how widely the increase was shared across Irbid’s industrial base.