AMMAN: The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) is working at 90 per cent of its capacity, with an average of 800 containers entering the Kingdom daily, according to the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA).
Customs and inspection procedures on containers last for five days on average, ASEZA Deputy Chief Commissioner Yusuf Mansur said, refuting “rumours” that containers stay at the terminal for 20-30 days.
“These rumours don’t help anybody and are used as excuses to increase prices of products,” he told The Jordan Times in a phone interview, noting that the amendments to the Competitiveness Law entail strict penalties on merchants who increase prices, especially in occasions like Ramadan, therefore traders come up with such excuses.
