Jordan: 26 million dinars total credit facilities for the end of January

Media In / Amman 24 March 2019

Credit facilities provided by banks operating in the Kingdom increased by JD 1261.8 million to reach JD 26214 million at the end of January compared to JD 24952 million for the same month of 2018.
On a monthly basis, data from the Central Bank of Jordan showed that the facility rose to JD 106 million compared to JD1,0108 million for the previous year.
At the sectoral level, construction accounted for the largest value of total facilities by JD 6807 million, followed by the general trade sector with KD 4539 million and public services and utilities valued at JD 3867.2 million.
The sector ranked fourth with JD 3039.7 million. Financial services increased by JD 789.6 million. The agricultural sector increased by JD 342.2 million in January 2008 compared to JD 324.5 million for the second quarter of 2018 and the mining sector to JD 330.6 million Compared to JD 277.6 million. The value of facilities for the transportation sector decreased to JD 339.9 million compared to JD 360.6 million and share purchase financing amounted to JD 155.7 million compared to JD 158.8 million for the same comparative period.
In terms of borrowers, the private sector (resident) is valued at about 23 billion dinars, then the central government 2023 million dinars, government institutions 422 million dinars, and the non-resident private sector about 677 million dinars