AMMAN: A total of 195,226 cars entered Jordan from Saudi Arabia in June and July of this year, according to the Jordan Customs Department (JCD).
The figures, compiled by JCD upon a request by The Jordan Times, showed that in June a total of 82,768 cars entered the Kingdom from the Omari and Mudawarah border crossings, while 112,458 autos crossed into the Kingdom in July. An official from the customs department, who preferred to remain unnamed, said that thousands of cars entered Jordan from the Gulf Kingdom in August but final figures will not be available before the end of the month.
The vehicles that entered the Kingdom in June and July, according to the official, were carrying around 1 million people, coming from various Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. The number of cars that departed in June and July was 78,306, according to JCD figures. The majority of auto passengers were Jordanian expats in the Gulf region, the JCD officer said.
Official figures estimate the number of Jordanian professional working abroad at around 750,000, over 300,000 of whom are based in Saudi Arabia, followed by the United Arab Emirates with nearly 200,000.
