Iraq tops the list of countries importing Turkish agricultural exports

by **claud39** Thu May 20, 2021 10:51 am

Iraq tops the list of countries importing Turkish agricultural exports

20/05/2021

Iraq tops the list of countries importing Turkish agricultural exports %D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7-696x391

The information / Baghdad…

The Turkish Exporters Association (TIM) announced, on Thursday, that Germany and Iraq last month achieved the advanced ranks in the list of Turkish agricultural exports.

The association said, in a report, that "Turkish agricultural exports during the month of April amounted to 2 billion and 360 thousand dollars, an increase of 33.9 percent compared to the same period of the previous year," noting that "the share of the agricultural sector in total exports amounted to 12.6 percent." .

He pointed out that “the highest demand on the agricultural sectors during the past month came from Germany and Iraq,” indicating that “most of the nuts, products, dried fruits, fruit products, vegetables, olives and olive oil are exported to Germany, while the sectors of grains, pulses, oilseeds, paper products, furniture and forest products are exported.

Aquaculture and animal products are exported more to Germany and Iraq .

And that " Iraq imported grain, pulses, oilseeds and Turkish products for 121 million and 577 thousand dollars. It imported furniture paper and forest products for 82 million and 332 thousand dollars, and it imported aquaculture and animal products 52 million 493 thousand dollars." Iraq

imports most of the goods and goods from neighboring countries, especially Iran and Turkey, while Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, yesterday, Wednesday, attributed the reasons for the decline of the agricultural sector in Iraq to the result of wars and conflicts, mismanagement, planning and the spread of corruption that prevented the agricultural sector from being the forefront of the rest of the sectors after oil.

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