Export from Jordan to Iraq 2026: 8-Document Checklist and JOD Pricing

To export from Jordan to Iraq in 2026, you need Jordanian origin papers, Iraqi conformity papers, a customs declaration on each side of the Karameh–Trebil border and payment terms that survive a currency shock. The market is worth it: the Jordan Chamber of Industry puts national exports to Iraq at JOD 895 million in the first 11 months of 2025, about 10% of all national exports, with detergents, electrical cables and fertilizers among the leading products. And 115,385 trucks crossed at Karama in January–May 2026, against 74,869 a year earlier, as reported by Petra.

The 8-document file for one truck:

• Commercial invoice, certified by your chamber
• Packing list
• Arab (GAFTA) certificate of origin, certified by the ministry
• Jordanian export declaration
• CMR or other transport document
• Certificate of Conformity (CoC), for goods Iraq regulates
• Release Note, issued at the border
• Payment documents, such as the letter of credit

What changed recently, as of November 2026:

• Iraqi customs moved from paper to electronic declarations on ASYCUDA on 1 January 2025. Trebil is one of its automated centres, and pre-declaration was scheduled from 1 December 2025.
• Iraq's Ministry of Finance says work is under way to exchange certificate-of-origin and invoice data electronically between ASYCUDA and the national data centre.
• The Central Bank of Iraq moved from 1,300 to 1,500 Iraqi dinars per US dollar on 7 October 2026.
• Reports in early 2026 said the Iraqi Quality Mark had become optional; the conformity programme still applies.

Iraqi rules change often, sometimes with little notice, so confirm each line with your importer, their customs broker and the authority named.

Jordan's 2013 Instructions of Issuing Certificates of Origin split the work by product. A Chamber of Industry issues the certificate for industrial products made by its members; a Chamber of Commerce issues it for re-exported foreign goods and certain agricultural and natural products. As an exception, a Chamber of Commerce member exporting Jordanian-made goods can get one from that chamber, against the factory's certified certificate and an original invoice marked "export is allowed" or the producer's approval letter. For Iraq, ask for the Arab certificate of origin form issued under the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) agreement, to which both countries are party.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply then checks the certificate against the rules of origin and certifies it. The chamber issues within one working day once the file is complete, and the certificate is valid for six months from issue unless the agreement sets another period. Customs centres are told not to release an export shipment whose invoices and certificates are not stamped and certified, or goods that need an export licence without it.

Copy this invoice checklist; each line comes from Article 14 of the instructions:

• Exporter name and address, plus the consignee's if you choose to show it.
• Goods by item, quantity, value and origin, with gross or net weight or the number of packages.
• Total value in figures and in words, with the currency named.
• Invoice number and date, never reusing a number within one financial year.
• An original commercial invoice, not a quotation, signed by an authorised signatory whose signature is on file at the chamber.
• The exporter's declaration that the invoice is true, naming the country of origin.

Finally, ask your Iraqi buyer whether your HS code is on the list of Jordanian products exempt from customs duties: the Jordan Chamber of Industry says agreements signed in early 2021 kept that exemption going.

Federal Iraq checks product conformity before goods leave Jordan, not after they arrive. Under the programme run by the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC), an inspection company appointed by COSQC reviews your documents, inspects or tests the goods where needed, and issues a Certificate of Conformity (CoC). At the border, the inspection company's entry-point office checks the CoC against the truck and issues a Release Note, and customs clears the goods against both. Consignments that arrive without a CoC face rejection.

The programme covers central Iraq; a buyer in the Kurdistan Region may follow different rules. Its product groups include toys, electrical and electronic products, vehicles and parts, construction products, food (except fresh produce, meat and fish), cosmetics and cleaning agents, kitchenware, chemicals and textiles. Several of Jordan's top exports to Iraq, such as detergents, electrical cables and processed food, fall within them, while medical and pharmaceutical products are generally outside it.

Before the first shipment, check:

• Which appointed inspection company you will use, since the list changes. The exporter pays its fees.
• What it needs to open a request: final invoice, packing list, transport document if available, and test reports or quality certificates.
• Arabic labelling: product name, warnings, instructions and ingredients where the standard requires them, plus the country of origin. The programme accepts HKJ as the abbreviation for Jordan.
• For electrical goods: a rated voltage that includes 220, 230 or 240 V, 50 Hz where frequency is stated, and UK-type plugs (BS 1363 or BS 546).
• For meat: a halal slaughter certificate.

As for the Iraqi Quality Mark, which COSQC had made mandatory for electrical products in stages from July 2024, reports in early 2026 said a cabinet decision made it optional. Confirm its current status with COSQC and your inspection company before you ship.

On the Jordanian side, a licensed clearance company normally lodges your export declaration in Jordan Customs' ASYCUDA World system at the Karama customs centre. On the Iraqi side, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance lists Trebil among the customs centres automated on ASYCUDA. Your importer files the Iraqi declaration, so send final invoice and certificate-of-origin data before the truck leaves, and ask whether your certificate of origin and invoice must be registered or verified electronically before the truck reaches Trebil.

Payment terms, from safest to riskiest:

• Cash in advance, or a deposit with the balance paid before the truck leaves.
• A letter of credit, ideally confirmed by your Jordanian bank. It pays only against documents that match its terms exactly, so check the wording against your invoice, certificate of origin, CoC and CMR before you accept it. Chambers can issue extra original certificates of origin when an LC demands them.
• Documents against payment, collected through the banks.
• Open account, only for buyers with a long payment record and a credit limit set in your system.

Then the currency. The Jordanian dinar has been fixed to the US dollar since 1995, as the Central Bank of Jordan notes, and its table showed 708–710 fils per dollar on 2 November 2026. The Iraqi dinar is not fixed in the same way: on 7 October 2026 the Central Bank of Iraq set 1,500 dinars per dollar for its purchases from the Ministry of Finance, 1,510 for sales to banks and 1,520 for cash sales to the public, up from 1,300, 1,310 and 1,320 since February 2023. It then urged traders whose import-financing transfers were due before 7 October to check that their banks had executed them. Invoice in US dollars or Jordanian dinars, never in Iraqi dinars, and expect buyers to ask for longer terms or lower prices when their currency moves.

Price from the delivered cost, not from your ex-works list. Here is an illustrative price sheet for one truck of detergent from Amman to a buyer in Baghdad, quoted DAP Baghdad, so the buyer clears Iraqi customs and pays Iraqi duties. Replace every figure with your own quotes:

• Ex-works cost, 1,200 cartons at JOD 8.50: JOD 10,200
• Truck Amman–Baghdad via Karameh–Trebil: JOD 1,150
• Jordanian clearance company and export declaration: JOD 120
• Certificate of origin, invoice certification and ministry stamp: JOD 40
• CoC inspection and Release Note: JOD 300
• Cargo insurance at 0.25% of the goods: JOD 26
• Letter of credit charges from your bank: JOD 180
• 60 days' financing at 8% a year on JOD 12,016: JOD 158
• Delivered cost: JOD 12,174, or about JOD 10.15 a carton

At a 20% margin on price, that is JOD 12.68 a carton, about USD 17.90 at 0.709. The same truck, about USD 21,480, cost an Iraqi buyer about IQD 27.9 million at 1,300 dinars per dollar and about IQD 32.2 million at 1,500, before bank margins and duties.

In Odoo, keep that whole trail on one record:

• Quote and invoice in USD with the Incoterm and its location on the invoice; your books stay in JOD and Odoo posts exchange differences automatically (multi-currency).
• Apply the 0% export tax from the Jordan localization.
• Attach the certificate of origin, CoC, Release Note and CMR to the invoice itself.
• Book freight, duties and insurance on imported raw materials as landed costs (AVCO or FIFO), so your ex-works cost is real.
• Use instalment payment terms, and chase overdue USD invoices from aged receivables.

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