Trade Barriers

Duties levied on the imported goods into Jordan:⁽¹⁾

(1) Tariff rate:
The following table shows the average applied MFN tariff on basic sectors

In January 2022, the government adopted a simplified import tariff structure and reduced tariff rates. The Ministry of Finance reduced tariff brackets from eleven levels of taxation to four, ranging from zero to 25 percent. The maximum tariff rate (previously 40 percent) was reduced to 25 percent and will be reduced to 15 percent by 2023.

The full Jordanian Customs tariff could be viewed at: https://services.customs.gov.jo/JCcits/sections.aspx

(2) Other Duties: ⁽³⁾

The Government of Jordan imposed a special tax on 12 luxury commodities with a value ranging between 5-25 % as of February 2013. The government amended the tax system in 2013 and imposed a special tax on cell phone devices, clothing, musical instruments and parts and accessories thereof, works of art and antiques, cosmetics, perfume, ornamental fish , artificial flowers and accessories, leather clothes and furs, diamond importer and manufacturer and boat ornaments, natural or cultured pearls, gemstones and semiprecious , and animal food.

^{(1) Jordan Trade Policy Review by the WTO -2015}

^{(2) MFN applied tariffs are the tariffs imposed on imports from all countries on equal basis. As an exemption of this rule are the countries that have preferential arrangements with the importer country.}

^{(3) International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce.}