JD1.5 bn of investments in free, development zones, says off… – MENAFN.COM

JD1.5 bn of investments in free, development zones, says off… – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, Aug. 8 (Petra) -- The volume of registered investments in the free and development estates stood at JD1. 434 billion, said Khalaf Hmeisat, Chairman of the Jordan Free and Development Zones Group (JFDZ). In an interview with the Jordan News Agency (Petra), Hmeisat stated that the investments cover commercial, industrial, tourism and service activities. He pointed out that the free zone at Queen Alia International Airport got the lion's share of the growth rate in the number of registered leased companies, reaching 12. 7 percent, while the number of companies operating in public and private free zones at the end of 2020 amounted to 1, 953 companies, an increase of 0. 2 percent. Detailing the percentage of investments according to area in 2020, Hmeisat said that the overall investments in the public free zones were at 72 percent, with the free zone in Zarqa ranking first at 95 percent, followed by the free zone in Sahab with 87 percent, the free zone in Muwaqar with 85 percent, and the free zone in Karak with 54 percent. Meanwhile, the free zones in the Queen Alia International Airport and Al-Karama recorded the lowest percentages with 12