The pace of the movement of commercial activities on the local market began to degenerate and gradually improve in conjunction with the virtual -living in Eid Al -Fitr and the payment of workers’ wages in the public and private sectors, in the midst of the stability of prices and the availability of offers and discounts on the goods of many sectors.
Those concerning the trade and services sectors have declared that the demand for requirements of Eid, whether in terms of buying candy, hospitality, clothing, shoes, household items, etc., is still normal, while dinar demand against foreign currencies on the exchange market is good.
The representative of the foodstuffs in the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, Eng. Jamal AMR, stressed that food sales and Eid supplies have increased in conjunction with the payment of wages in the public sector, but they are even less than their usual levels at this time of the year.
He added that demand had been increased by retailers on flour, semoline, dates, obesity, nuts and pistachios, as well as cake and applicable preparation supplies, in addition to chocolate, expected that candy demand will improve during the last day before Eid Al -Fitr.
In turn, a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Amman, Asaad Al -Qawasmi, expected that the request for the purchase of EID AL -Fitr clothing, shoes and supplies will improve at the end of this week, in conjunction with the payment of wages and official holidays.
He said the demand for clothing is still lower than the usual levels compared to this period of the year, explaining that despite the nearby holidays and the presence of separate discounts on the markets, traders suffer from low sales.
He stressed that vacation solutions have coincided this year with the end of the winter season, which prompted merchants to download on winter products and display summer products, because some consumers tend to buy summer clothes and the other winter.
And that the prices of clothing and shoes are among the rates of previous years, due to the presence of intense competition and a weakness of the purchasing power of citizens and their orientation towards the purchase by postal plots, stressing the need to resolve this question in a way that renders the merchants.
And that the imports of ready -to -use clothing reached in the first two months of this year, which appreciate 45 million dinars, while imports of shoes amounted to 17 million dinars.
The importer of clothing, Mnir DIYEH, said that the markets had started to attend a remarkable activity and a request from citizens in conjunction with the payment of wages and the proximity of the holidays of Eid Al -Fitr.
He added that “demand is still limited compared to the ramadan seasons in previous years, due to the low purchasing power and the changing priorities of citizens”.
He expressed his hope that demand will increase in the coming days, the commercial movement is recovered and the percentage of citizens’ demand to buy clothes, shoes and Eid supplies increases, in particular with offers and discounts on their prices.
For his part, the secretary of automatic distributors of Jordanian tickets, Alaa Dirania, said that the activity of the local trade market has witnessed an accelerated movement since the middle of this Ramadan, stressing that the demand for Dinar is very strong, due to the transit of expatriates and citizens who tend towards tourism reserves of all kinds.
He pointed out that the width of currencies, in particular the Gulf, is very good, and that the movement of transfers issued and entering towards and coming from Jordan has remained good among its regular levels compared to this period of the year.
The initial data of the central bank showed that the shipments of funds from Jordanian expatriates to the kingdom increased last January by 1.2%, reaching $ 320 million, against $ 316.4 million in the same month last year 2024.
In turn, the chief of traders and producers of household appliances, Firas Habnika, said that the request for purchase of household appliances and their outbuildings during the month of Ramadan and the arrival of Eid Al -Fitr, he was associated on the occasion of Mother’s Day, then he refused despite the presence of large quantities of household products more than the years at low prices, The intensity of the competition and the power of the most recent competition and purchases.
He pointed out that most sales were concentrated in major shopping centers and exhibitions that were active to promote them and the availability of new goods, while the rest of the average stores was less than ambition.
Civil Consumer Corporation announced earlier that there were discounts and promotional offers on more than 300 food and non -food products, extending until the end of the month, with rates varying between 7 to 37%.
The shows included basic products such as rice, sugar, vegetable oils, tea, powdered milk, legumes, tahini and soups, and sweets of eid such as chocolate, candy, tofu and al -Mamoul, and they are available in all the markets of the 69th establishment restful in the Governors and Brigades of the Kingdom, and meet consumer needs.
In turn, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Offer has developed a regulatory plan on the markets, which extends until the end of Blessed Ramadan, aimed at ensuring that all goods are available at reasonable prices.
With the start of the second half of Ramadan, the ministry has intensified control of restaurants and clothing stores and shoes, to ensure that their prices are announced and respected, as well as membership in downloads and offers instructions, in addition to tightening goods control in the sectors that are increasingly requesting during this period, such as decay, carpets and carpets and carpets and carpets and carpets and carpets candies and candies.
The ministry confirmed that it would take all legal measures against offenders and refers them to the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of the law .- (Petra)
