DOHA, QATAR – Qatar plans to hike its imports of Jordanian food products during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as demand is expected to increase at unprecedented rates due to influx of over 1.5 million fans and visitors.
Qatar relies heavily on Jordan for vegetables, fruits and to a lesser extent on other 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.
The demand generally increases at certain periods of the year such as Ramadan and exceptional circumstances like the 2022 World Cup.
The tournament is expected to raise demand for the agricultural and food production sector, 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 10 years amounted to more than US$3.17 billion (11.5 billion riyals), the latest statistics on Qatar’s foreign trade, released by Qatar’s Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.