Names: conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan conventional short form: Jordan local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah local short form: Al Urdun former: Transjordan

Capital City: Amman

Population: 5,906,760 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $4,900 (2006 est.)

Currency: Jordanian dinar (JOD)

Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes

Total Area: total: 92,300 sq km land: 91,971 sq km water: 329 sq km slightly smaller than Indiana

Region: Asia

Industries: textiles, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism

Agriculture: wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats, poultry

Resources: phosphates, potash, shale oil

Labor Force: 1.512 million (2006 est.)
agriculture: 5% industry: 12.5% services: 82.5% (2001 est.)

Exports: $4.798 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
clothing, pharmaceuticals, potash, phosphates, fertilizers, vegetables, manufactures

Imports: $10.42 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
crude oil, textile fabrics, machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods

Overview: Jordan is a small Arab country with insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources. Debt, poverty, and unemployment are fundamental problems, but King ABDALLAH, since assuming the throne in 1999, has undertaken some broad economic reforms in a long-term effort to improve living standards. Since Jordan's graduation from its most recent IMF program in 2002, Amman has continued to follow IMF guidelines, practicing careful monetary policy, and making substantial headway with privatization. The government also has liberalized the trade regime sufficiently to secure Jordan's membership in the WTO (2000), a free trade accord with the US (2001), and an association agreement with the EU (2001). These measures have helped improve productivity and have put Jordan on the foreign investment map. Jordan imported most of its oil from Iraq, but the US-led war in Iraq in 2003 made Jordan more dependent on oil from other Gulf nations, and has forced the Jordanian Government to raise retail petroleum product prices and the sales tax base. Jordan's export market, which is heavily dependent on exports to Iraq, was also affected by the war but recovered quickly while contributing to the Iraq recovery effort. The main challenges facing Jordan are reducing dependence on foreign grants, reducing the budget deficit, and creating investment incentives to promote job creation.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $3,139,360 in goods to Jordan. This ranks Jordan 58^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Jordan increased from the previous year by $121,114 a change of 4.01%. State exports to Jordan have increased over the last 5 years by $2,138,292 a change of 213.60%. Missouri exports account for .02%. of all 2007 US exports to Jordan.