06 December 2011
Baghdad - Syrian trade exchange with Iraq topped five billion U.S. Dollar in 2011- up from the US$2 in the previous year.
Baghdad - Syrian trade exchange with Iraq topped five billion U.S. Dollar in 2011- up from the US$2 in the previous year.
Abdul-Hussein Jaberi, an advisor for the Iraqi government, told AKnews today that the trade exchange was in the fields of energy, industry, agriculture and health.
He added the government hopes to raise the volume to US$7 billion in 2012 through a plan it has devised. However, he did not expand on the plan.
According to the figures by Trade Ministry, Turkey tops the neighbors with US$10 trade exchange with Iraq. Syria thus comes second, Iran with US$4 billion the third and Jordan with only US$1 billion stands in the fourth place.
© AK News 2011
