Iraq begins exporting its dates abroad

Time: 2020/10/02 17:27:52
 
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad Karim Al-Khafaji, announced the start of exporting dates to a number of Arab and foreign countries, involving the private sector in developing the palm sector, exporting dates to advance the national economy and creating additional sources of income for the state treasury.

In a statement, Al-Furat News Agency received a copy of it, Al-Khafaji stressed the facilitation of all procedures for the process of exporting dates, whether in the field of granting export licenses or safety certificates after checking the fundamentalist procedures, including fumigation and fumigation operations, and for various varieties of Iraqi dates known for their quality and to ensure the implementation of methods. Marketing leads to demand for the Iraqi product. "

He pointed out, "the continued prevention of importing dates and molasses in order to protect the local product, provide appropriate economic feasibility for the owners of orchards, and achieve a comprehensive renaissance in this important sector."

Al-Khafaji said, "The export will include a number of countries, including the UAE, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria, Morocco, Malaysia, Egypt, Turkey and India, and that the quantities expected to be exported reach 700 thousand tons and from various provinces, including Holy Karbala, Babylon, Diyala and Basra."

He pointed out that "a large campaign witnessed by the ministry during the past days to put the file of exporting dates within the scope of implementation on the one hand and support the owners of orchards and exporters on the other side, and the ministry, through its specialized departments, granted safety certificates to exporters and continued work to complete transactions for the private sector and involve it in all stages of development." Which is witnessed by the palm sector and returning Iraqi products to the Arab and international market, including dates. "

Ammar Al-Masoudi

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