Al-Atrash: $200 million export opportunities in the veterinary and pesticide sector
Alanbat - Rana Amara
The representative of the therapeutic industries and medical
supplies sector in the Jordan Chamber of Industry, Dr. Fadi Al-Atrash,
estimated the export opportunities existing in the veterinary pharmaceutical
and pesticide industries sector for many foreign markets at about $200 million.
Al-Atrash told the Jordanian News Agency (PETRA) that the
products of the Kingdom's veterinary and pesticide industries possess a high
operational strength, enjoy a great reputation locally and externally, but
still need more facilities and support to take advantage of existing
opportunities in export markets and growing global demand.
Exploiting these opportunities would provide new
possibilities for the Jordanian industry, which had begun in the Kingdom for
decades, thereby increasing the sector's exports, attracting new investment,
expanding existing production lines and providing more jobs and employment
opportunities for Jordanian labour.
The veterinary pharmaceutical industry and Jordanian
pesticides are characterized by the variety of goods and items produced by
local factories in many governorates, in addition to their high quality and
conformity with international standards, and their interconnection with many
other industries, in particular general medicines, preventive medical
medicines, vaccines, hormones and supplements.
There are 31 enterprises operating in the veterinary
pharmaceutical industry, accounting for 20.5% of the total enterprises
operating in the therapeutic industry and medical supplies, and employing 1,052
workers.
The total capital of companies operating with veterinary
medicines and pesticides amounted to 38 million dinars, accounting for 23% of
the total capital of companies operating in the therapeutic industry and
medical supplies.
Al-Atrash also noted that the value added of the veterinary
pharmaceutical and pesticide industries sector amounts more than 99 million
dinars, the volume of production of 195 million dinars, its exports over the
past year reached 87 million dinars, while its sales in the domestic market
amounted to about 108 million dinars.
He stressed the need to facilitate registration procedures
for the domestic product of veterinary medicines and pesticides, and to
strengthen cooperation in the field of treatments, veterinary pesticides and
insecticides with a number of countries that constitute a major outlet for
Jordan's highly competitive products.