FTA Matrix - Jordan Trade Agreements

Explore Jordan's trade agreements with countries worldwide, organised in a clear matrix for easy reference. These agreements help exporters identify key markets with preferential access and provide much-needed insights and valuable information.

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

These are comprehensive agreements that eliminate or reduce tariffs on a wide range of goods and services. They are either Bilateral FTAs (between Jordan and only one country), or multilateral/regional FTAs (between Jordan and a group of countries).

Below are Jordan’s bilateral and multilateral FTAs, listed by enforcement date from most recent to oldest:

Agreement	Entry into Force	Type	Members
Jordan–UK Association Agreement	2021	Bilateral FTA	Jordan & UK
Jordan–Canada FTA	2012	Bilateral FTA	Jordan & Canada
Jordan–United States FTA	2001 (fully implemented 2010)	Bilateral FTA	Jordan & USA
Agadir Agreement	2004	Regional FTA	Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Palestine (the last joined the agreement in 2020)
Jordan–Singapore Agreement	2004	Bilateral FTA	Jordan & Singapore
Jordan–EFTA FTA	2002	Multilateral FTA	Jordan & EFTA States (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein)
Jordan–EU Association Agreement	1997 (effective 2002)	Multilateral FTA	Jordan & EU (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden)
The Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)	1997 (fully implemented 2005)	Multilateral FTA	Arab League members including Jordan.

Bilateral Trade Agreements

This table presents a list of Jordan’s bilateral trade agreements with individual countries, organised by enforcement date from the most recent to oldest:

Agreement	Entry into Force	Type	Members
Jordan–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)	2025	Bilateral Agreement	Jordan & UAE
Jordan–Kuwait Agreement	2005	Bilateral Agreement	Jordan & Kuwait
Jordan–UAE Agreement	2001	Bilateral Agreement	Jordan & UAE
Jordan–Tunisia Agreement	1998	Bilateral Agreement	Jordan & Tunisia
Jordan–Morocco Agreement	1998 (1999)	Bilateral Agreement	Jordan & Morocco
Jordan–Egypt Agreement	1998 (1999)	Bilateral Agreement	Jordan & Egypt

Details about the FTA Agreements

This section explains Jordan’s Free Trade Agreements by detailing the sectors involved, areas of cooperation, market size in terms of imports from the world, rules of origin, and the benefits to Jordanian businesses.

1. Jordan–UK Association Agreement

Sectors Covered
The agreement covers trade in goods, services, and capital.

Other Areas Covered
Intellectual property, as well as government procurement and sanitary & phytosanitary measures.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 815.6 million in 2024.

Rules of Origin
There is no simple rule of origin, such as a value-added rule or a minimal threshold that permits a certain percentage of non-originating materials without affecting origin status. However, under the UK-Jordan Agreement, materials originating in the EU may be recognised (i.e., cumulated) in exports between the UK and Jordan. Additionally, working or processing carried out in the EU may also be recognised in UK exports to Jordan. The possibilities for cumulation with other countries, as set out in the EU-Jordan Association Agreement, are likewise replicated in the UK-Jordan Agreement on the same terms.

Benefit to Business
The UK ranked fifth in global imports in 2023, making it one of the world's top 20 markets. Check this source for more details. The products with the largest export potential from Jordan to the UK are T-shirts and similar items in man-made fibres, men's shirts in man-made fibres, and men's pants and shorts in synthetic fibres. Key sectors with export potential include food preparations, washing and cleaning products, sugar confectionery, and jewellery. These products show strong UK demand alongside active Jordanian global exports—indicating clear room for market expansion.

2. Jordan-Canada FTA

Sectors Covered
Industrial activities and services.

Other Areas Covered
Trade facilitation; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; monopolies and state enterprises; environment; and labour.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 554.3 million in 2024.

Rules of Origin
Rules of origin require goods to contain a minimum of 35 per cent Jordanian content to qualify for duty-free entry.

Benefit to Business
The Canadian market is one of the largest top 20 global markets, as it ranked 11th in world imports in 2023, as seen here. The key opportunities for Jordanian exports and investment targeting the Canadian market include products such as food preparations, washing and cleaning products, and jewellery of precious metals. Other promising sectors include air conditioning machines, paints and varnishes, and various cosmetic and disinfectant products. These categories—especially those with relatively low Jordanian export volumes—reflect significant untapped potential and could benefit from targeted export development or investment support.

3. Jordan-United States FTA

Sectors Covered
Trade in industrial products and services.

Other Areas Covered
Intellectual property rights: Protection and enforcement of copyrights, trademarks and patents; electronic commerce; labour provisions.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 3.36 billion in 2024.

Rules of Origin
It is noteworthy that the Jordan–US FTA does not impose restrictions on the use of inputs from third countries, unlike the Jordan–US Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) Agreement, which includes specific sourcing requirements.

Benefit to Business
The USA market is the largest import market worldwide. As for the Jordanian products and sectors with the highest export potential to the USA, they include sugar confectionery, garments such as tracksuits, copper electric conductors, and food preparations. Additionally, investment potential exists in under-exported products like jams, footwear, camping goods, and knitted apparel. These gaps between U.S. demand and Jordan’s current export levels suggest clear areas for expansion and targeted trade promotion.

4. Agadir Agreement

Sectors Covered
Trade in industrial goods and agricultural products and services.

Other Areas Covered
Intellectual property, safeguards, infant industries, subsidies and dumping.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 201.4 million in 2024.

Rules of Origin
No simple rule of origin (i.e., value added rule or minimal threshold) that allows for a specified maximum percentage of non-originating materials to be used without affecting origin.

Benefit to Business
The allowance for regional (diagonal) cumulation in EU rules of origin for EU market access creates economic opportunities for partners of Agadir countries through the implementation of the Pan-Euro-Med rules of origin. Key opportunities for Jordanian exports to member countries include chemical product preparations, residual products, fertilisers, and cat and dog foods, among others.

5. Jordan–Singapore Agreement

Sectors Covered
Trade in goods and services.

Other Areas Covered
Electronic commerce.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 457.6 million in 2024.

Rules of Origin
A 35 per cent value-added rule of origin—i.e., at least 35 per cent of the content must originate from Jordan or Singapore.

Benefit to Business
One of the largest top 20 global markets, as it ranked 12 in world imports in 2023. Click here for further details. The products with the greatest export potential from Jordan to Singapore are fluorine, bromine, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, and jewellery of precious metals.

6. Jordan–EFTA FTA

Sectors Covered
Trade in industrial products, fish and marine products, and processed agricultural products. Compared to the Jordan–EU Association Agreement, market access for agricultural products is more restricted and negotiated bilaterally by each EFTA member. As a result, separate bilateral agricultural agreements have been concluded between Jordan and each individual EFTA country.

Other Areas Covered
Public procurement, intellectual property, competition, and state aid.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 478.2 million in 2024.

Rules of Origin
No simple rule of origin. The rules of origin for industrial goods concerning the definition of the concept of originating products maintained the general structure and the substance of the European standard rules.

Benefit to Business
Jordan’s exports and Iceland’s import needs are relatively well aligned, based on the Trade Complementarity Index (TCI). That said, Jordanian products with the highest export potential to EFTA member countries include sugar confectionery, food preparations, and jewellery of precious metals excluding silver. For Switzerland in particular, the products with the greatest export potential from Jordan are jewellery of precious metals, jerseys and similar garments made of man-made fibres (knit or crochet), as well as human and animal blood, blood fractions, and immunological products.

7. Jordan–EU Association Agreement

Sectors Covered
Covers trade in goods, services, and capital, with further liberalisation of agricultural products introduced in 2007.

Other Areas Covered
Progressive liberalisation of trade in services across a range of diverse sectors.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 6.66 billion in 2024.

Rules of Origin
There is no simple rule of origin—such as a value-added requirement or a minimal threshold allowing a specified percentage of non-originating materials without affecting origin status. Instead, stringent product-specific rules often apply, requiring Jordanian-manufactured goods to undergo substantial processing and incorporate high levels of local content—up to 60 per cent in products like carpets and air conditioners. In some cases, inputs must even be wholly obtained. To help ease these restrictive requirements, agreements have been concluded aiming to provide more flexibility in the application of rules of origin.

Simplified Rules of Origin
Under the EU’s relaxed rules of origin, Jordanian products can benefit from preferential access to the EU market even if up to 70% of their content originates from outside Jordan. This simplification—introduced through Decision No.1/2016 and extended until 2030—applies to a wide range of industrial goods, including textiles, leather articles, chemicals, and plastics. Initially limited to selected zones, a 2018 amendment expanded eligibility by removing the company location constraint, further facilitating Jordan’s exports. These measures, part of the EU’s broader support during the Syrian refugee crisis, aim to strengthen trade ties by easing access to a USD 6.3 trillion market.

Benefit to Business
The EU is the world’s largest single market in terms of population, with over 500 million consumers. The Jordanian products with the most promising export potential to EU countries include washing and cleaning preparations, paints and varnishes, and nuts and seeds, among others.

8. The Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)

Sectors Covered
Trade in industrial and agricultural products.

Other Areas Covered
Not only does the agreement include the removal of tariffs, but also monetary, administrative and quantitative (i.e., quotas) barriers to trade. It also provides for trade liberalisation in agriculture (despite a transition period) as well as a precise set out of rules of origins.

Market Size in Terms of Imports from the World
Approximately USD 1.03 billion in 2024.

Rules of Origin
A 40 per cent value-added rule of origin—i.e., at least 40 per cent of the product’s value must result from production within a party state.

Benefit to Business
GCC markets are easily accessible and highly lucrative. That said, here are the top Jordanian products that exporters to GCC markets should go for, thanks to their great potential: jewellery of precious metals except for silver, residual products, and sinking machinery parts. As for the products with the greatest export potential from Jordan to Saudi Arabia, for instance, they are live sheep, medicaments containing antibiotics, and monumental/building stone (nes).

Details about the Bilateral Trade Agreements

1. Jordan–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)

Signed in October 2024 and entered into force in May 2025, the Jordan–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) marks the UAE’s first CEPA with an Arab country. It aims to boost trade and investment by eliminating tariffs on over 98% of goods, simplifying customs procedures, and opening services markets in key sectors like finance, logistics, and tourism.

The agreement also promotes cooperation in digital trade, intellectual property, and investment while supporting SMEs through access to information and joint platforms. A dispute settlement mechanism and regular consultations ensure smooth implementation and long-term economic partnership.

Furthermore, CEPA establishes a robust governance framework with designated committees and subcommittees responsible for overseeing its administration and implementation. It reaffirms commitments under existing bilateral investment treaties, setting up a Technical Council to enhance investment flows and address challenges. The agreement emphasises fair trade practices by allowing temporary trade remedies when necessary, reinforcing both partners’ dedication to transparent and balanced economic collaboration.