Exports to Iraq increase sharply

Vietnam’s export turnover to Iraq reached more than US$72 million in the first quarter of this year, up 37.5 percent compared to the same period last year.

Major export items are rice, milk, tea, garments and textiles, footwear and seafood, according to Vietnam’s trade office in Egypt.

Vietnam’s trade counselor in Egypt, Dang Ngoc Quang, said that Iraq is a large market and a traditional partner of Vietnam. Currently, Iraq is in the process of national reconstruction and stabilization, so the country’s demand for imports will continue to increase.

Mr Quang added that Iraq will once again one of Vietnam’s leading import markets in the African- Southwest Asian region with major potential items such as rice, milk, tea and seafood.

Vietnamese enterprises had established relations with Iraq previously and they now only need to re-set up distribution channels and seek partners in Iraq, said Mr Quang.

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