The goal of this exercise is to identify the obstacles and opportunities that firms face in Jordan to provide the EU and the Member States with necessary information for their interactions with the Government to improve the business climate and EU-Jordan exchanges. All replies are confidential and will only be analyzed by the EU Commission under the Trade and Private Sector Development Facility.
We are committed to protect your data and to respect your privacy. The Trade and Private Sector Facility collects and processes these replies pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the EU Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data (repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001).Therefore we ensure that all responses are kept confidential. Data will only be presented in aggregated form (i.e. all data compiled) and firms cannot be identified. 

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1. Introduction. This exercise applies to firms related to Europe, including franchises of European firms and Jordanian firms having Europe as its main market.

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2. Relation with Europe. This exercise applies to the 27 members of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden

  Yes / No If yes, which country?
My firm has European shareholders
My firm has European capital
My firm is registered in Europe
My firm's headquarters are in Europe
Europe is my main market for exports and/or imports

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3. Main sector of activity

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4. When did you start your Jordanian operations? (e.g. 2010)

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5. How do you describe your economic impact in Jordan?

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6. What took you to Jordan?

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7. How important is the Jordanian market for your company?

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8. How important is the regional market for your company? By regional, we refer to the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (Gafta) with Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen

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9. In the next 5 years, how do you perceive the Jordanian market for your company? Please refer to numbers preceding the COVID-19 crisis, e.g. 1 February 2020.

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10. In the next 5 years, how do you perceive the regional market (GAFTA) for your company? Please refer to numbers preceding the COVID-19 crisis, e.g. 1 February 2020.

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11. What it is your main source of capital, both working capital and capital investments?

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12. How do you describe your social impact in Jordan?

  How many actions do you organise per year? How much do you spend on this per year?
Social actions (e.g. equal wages, positive discrimination to women/local staff, fair trade actions, health insurance, etc)
Environment & biodiversity actions (e.g. recycling, plant trees, organic production/consumption, Carbon footprint reduction, etc)
Innovation actions (e.g. transfer of technology, research, links with Universities, internship programmes)

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13. State the barriers you face when doing business in Jordan and their impact in your firm.

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14. What effects do you expect or do you already have from the COVID crisis?

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15. How do these factors impact your business? Please rank them from high-impact (1) to low impact (10). Click on N/A if they do not impact your business

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16. What concrete actions could the EU do to improve the business environment and increase the EU-Jordan exchanges?

Thank you for completing the survey. Just click "Done" below to submit your replies.
Your input will help to better tailor the public-private dialogue to improve the business environment in Jordan.
For further information on this survey, please contact the EU Delegation to Jordan at Delegation-jordan@eeas.europa.eu

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