Within months. Jump in Indian merchandise exports to Iraq, 10 JUNE

 Within months. Jump in Indian merchandise exports to Iraq

Baghdad - Iraq Today:

The "Iraq of the Future" Foundation for Economic Studies and Consultations said that the value of Indian exports to Iraq from April 2023 to March 2024 increased by 24% compared to the same period last year.

According to data from the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the value of direct Indian exports to Iraq amounted to 3.4 billion US dollars, up from 2.7 billion dollars for the same period last year.

According to a report released by the institution today, India's rice exports rose 131 percent to $910 million, up from the same period last year, which was worth US$392 million.

Fossil fuels decreased by 9.15% to $799 million from $879 million.

Indian meat exports increased by 41.5% to US$329 million from US$232 million for the same period last year.

Iron exports also increased by 153%, tea exports by 141%, fruit exports by 114%, clothing exports by 106%, and vegetable oil exports by 103%.

The commodities that fell were sugar, whose exports from India to Iraq fell by 85%.

The report indicates that India is the fifth exporter to Iraq of goods after the UAE, China, Turkey and Iran, and the establishment of India's exports is considered direct to Iraq, and may rise if it is added to the value of re-exported goods from the UAE, which is represented by a large percentage of Indian products.

On the other hand, the value of Iraq's exports to India, mainly of crude oil, decreased from 34 billion US dollars compared to 30 billion US dollars in the period from April 2023 to March 2024.