Khorramabad exports to Iraq stand at $6.2b

EghtesadOnline: Exports from the provincial city of Khorramabad to Iraq stood at dlrs 6.2 billion over the past Iranian year, Iranian Commercial attaché in Iraq Ebrahim Mohammadzadeh said on Wednesday.

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13 July 2016

Ebrahim Mohammadzadeh made the remarks in a meeting with Lorestan province working group regulating non-oil exports.

He said that 30% of exports worth $2.2 million were food and agriculture products.

He added that provincial exports to Iraq made 17-fold growth since Iranian year 1383 (2004-2005). Then, the exports stood at dlrs 369 million a year compared to the current figure of dlrs 6.2 billion.

He noted that last year Iranian firms Kaleh and Pegah exported $500m and about $100m to Iraq respectively.

He said that China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, India and Turkey are the other countries supplying goods to Iraq. Iran's share is 17.% of the Iraqi market.

He said that Iranian exports to foreign countries fell seven percent last year, but, Iranian exports to Iraq made 2% rise.