United States - Jordan Free Trade Agreement

The United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement provides for the elimination of tariffs for the following goods, among others:

• Electric generation equipment 
• Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery
• Electric motors, transformers, batteries, and capacitors
• Motor vehicles
• Mineral ore and processed products including manganese, copper, aluminium, and nickel
• Various products manufactured using above minerals and metals such as sheets, powders, bars, and plates
• Photovoltaic cells (import into Jordan only)

The Agreement also includes rules of origin requiring goods to be wholly produced/manufactured in each country, and imported directly from one into the other. Additionally, production/processing costs need to represent the equivalent of at least 35% of the value of the good. 

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