Qatar plans to hike its imports of Jordanian food products during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, as demand in the Qatari local market is expected to increase at unprecedented rates, as more than 1.5 million fans and visitors are expected to enter the Gulf country.
Qatar relies heavily on Jordanian market to secure a large quantity of of its consumer needs of vegetables and fruits and to a lesser extent on other various foodstuff varieties, whether processed or fresh.
In interviews with “Petra” on Sunday, Qatari importers and food dealers in Doha said their country’s market has always relied heavily on Jordanian food products, at certain periods of the year that witness “great” consumer demand, such as Ramadan and exceptional circumstances of 2022 World Cup.
The tournament is expected to raise volume of demand for the agricultural and food production sector to unprecedented rates in the Gulf country, Qatari importers added.
This event would lead to a “huge” increase in the volume of local demand for food products, vegetables and fruits, given the large numbers of fans who are expected to arrive in the country, traders pointed out.
Volume of Jordan-Qatar trade during the past ten years amounted to more than 11.5 billion riyals ($3.17 billion), the latest statistics on Qatar’s foreign trade, released by Qatar’s Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.
Source: Jordan News Agency