Office Chair Manufacturer Supplying Jordan
Industrial goods move between Morocco and Jordan free of customs duty under the Agadir Agreement. Jordan is one of the few markets where Moroccan origin genuinely changes your duty line, and we will be equally clear about which markets it does not.
Duty-free, under an agreement most buyers have never heard of
The Agadir Agreement binds Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia and took effect on 27 March 2007. The WTO Secretariat summarises it in one line: it commits the parties to waiving all import duties and any taxes having equivalent effect. Its rules of origin are the pan-Euro-Mediterranean ones, with diagonal cumulation across the European Union, the EFTA states and Türkiye — which matters here, because our European-sourced mechanisms and gas lifts count toward Moroccan origin rather than against it. One honest detail worth knowing before you rely on it in a tender: the WTO notes that Agadir has not been notified to the WTO, so it does not appear in the WTO agreement register the way the EU or Türkiye agreements do.
Why this one is different
On most of our markets we tell buyers that Moroccan origin saves nothing, because the base rate is already zero for everyone. Jordan is the opposite case, alongside Egypt and Tunisia: there is a real duty on this heading from most origins, and the agreement removes it for ours.
A second route if the first is awkward
Jordan and Morocco are both parties to the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, in force since 1 January 1998, so there are two instruments covering the same trade. Your broker will tell you which one is simpler to invoke at your port of entry. We supply the paperwork for either.
Documents supplied
Commercial invoice, packing list, the origin certificate your broker asks for, and the certification documents for the models ordered. Everything in one set, with the shipment rather than after it.
Three ways Jordanian buyers work with us
Amman concentrates the regional offices, the business process outsourcing floors and the institutional buyers of a market that imports almost all of its office seating. Those are floors of continuous-use workstations replaced on a cycle, which is the setting the Challenger was designed around.
Importers and wholesalers
You buy by the container and resell to dealers or end users. Minimum order 100 units on the Challenger and 20 on the Exclusive, EXW or FOB Casablanca, with export documentation prepared for every shipment.
Office furniture dealers
You need a second source alongside your existing supply, with a reorder in one week rather than weeks at sea, and the option of your own branding on the product.
Corporate, institutional and NGO buyers
You equip offices or several sites at once. Chairs certified to EN 1335 and conforming to ANSI/BIFMA X5.1-2011 cover the procurement requirements that tenders in the region usually reference, and one container covers a full floor.
A short supply line, and a duty line that actually moves
The tariff difference is real here
This is the argument we refuse to make on our European pages, because there it is false. In Jordan it holds: Agadir removes the duty for Moroccan origin, and a chair arriving from East Asia does not have that. Ask your broker to price both lines side by side — that is the honest way to use this page.
Replenishment
A reorder of a model we have already run takes one week of production, because the setup is done. Sea freight from Casablanca is roughly 15 days to the region, so a replenishment reaches you in about three weeks rather than a quarter.
Certification
Chairs certified to EN 1335 and conforming to ANSI/BIFMA X5.1-2011. The certificate and the test reports are supplied with the quotation, not after the order.
The figures to work from
Every figure assumes chairs shipped disassembled, which is how export orders leave the factory. It is the single factor that decides what you pay in freight per chair.
| Model | Type | Minimum order | 40ft HC | First order of 100 | Reorder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger 175 | Operator chair, Aero 3D mesh, headrest | 100 | 360 | 15 days | 1 week |
| Exclusive 500 | Executive chair, leather | 20 | 200 | 30 days | 1 week |
Incoterms EXW or FOB Casablanca. Mixed orders across models are possible — ask for the exact container plan on your combination. Exclusive G, BY 1, BY G and Caddy 80 are available too.
Importing from Morocco, in practice
Do Jordanian importers pay customs duty on office chairs from Morocco?
No, under the Agadir Agreement. It binds Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, took effect on 27 March 2007, and the WTO Secretariat describes it as committing the parties to waiving all import duties and any taxes having equivalent effect. Jordan and Morocco are also both parties to the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, in force since 1 January 1998, so two instruments cover the same trade. Your customs broker will confirm which one to invoke and what origin document to present.
Is this a market where Moroccan origin actually saves money?
Yes — and we say the opposite on our European pages, which is how you can tell the claim is meant seriously. In the European Union and the United Kingdom the duty on this heading is already zero for every origin, so Moroccan origin saves nothing there. In Jordan there is a duty from most origins and the agreement removes it for ours. Ask your broker to price the two lines side by side before you take our word for it.
What origin document do you supply?
The one your broker asks for. Agadir uses pan-Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin, which allow diagonal cumulation across the European Union, the EFTA states and Türkiye — so the European mechanisms and gas lifts in our chairs count toward Moroccan origin rather than against it. The document is issued by Moroccan customs and travels with the shipping papers.
What is the minimum order quantity?
100 units for the Challenger operator chair and 20 units for the Exclusive executive chair. Mixed orders are possible — ask us for the exact container plan on your combination.
How many chairs fit in one container?
A 40ft High Cube holds 360 Challenger or 200 Exclusive chairs, shipped disassembled. A 20ft holds 150 or 80 respectively.
How long does a reorder take?
One week of production, because the setup is already done. A first order of 100 Challenger chairs takes 15 days and 100 Exclusive 30 days, counted from order confirmation. Sea freight from Casablanca to the region is about 15 days on top of that, so a reorder reaches you in roughly three weeks. We confirm the figure for your port in the quotation.
Do you manufacture, or do you resell?
We manufacture. The chairs are produced on our own line in Casablanca, where we have been making them since 2008, and we own the moulds our plastic components come from. A mould is an investment tied to one specific part, which is why a reseller has none.
Tell us what you need to land in Jordan
Models, quantities and destination port. We come back with the container plan, the production lead time, an FOB Casablanca price and the origin document your broker will need.