According to recent statistics from the Zarqa Chamber of Industry, industrial exports from Jordanian towns Zarqa and Mafraq totalled $43.7 million in July compared with just $32.4 million in July 2007.

The leather and textile industries were particularly influential in July, accounting for approximately 59%, or $25.9 million, of total industrial exports.

Zarqa is the country’s second largest city, situated to the north east of Amman, and accounting for around 15.5% of the total population. Mafraq lies close to the border with Syria to the north and Iraq to the east.

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