Istanbul The head of the Turkish-Iraqi Business Council, Khaled Agar, announced that Turkey plans to raise its exports to Iraq to $16 billion for the year 2023.
Khaled Agar said in a press statement today that Turkish-Iraqi relations are developing day after day, especially commercial ones. Turkey’s exports to Iraq in the past 11 months amounted to 12 billion and 604 million dollars.
He pointed out that Istanbul ranked first in Turkey as the largest exporter to Iraq with a value of 2.6 billion dollars, then Gaziantep with 1.8 billion dollars, then Mardin with 833 million dollars, and he expected to exceed 14 billion in the value of Turkish exports to Iraq by the end of this year.
Khaled Agar indicated that Turkish exports include grains, legumes, oilseeds and their products, chemicals, paper supplies, furniture and steel.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency