Brazil Exports Food To Iraq

Exports from Brazil to Iraq are expected to double in 2007.

The world's leading exporter of sugar, coffee, beef and orange juice, Brazil's exports to Iraq are principally food products.

According to the February 1, 2007 article Brazil's exports triple in 2006 on iraqupdates.com, two groups of Iraqi entrepreneurs will visit Brazil in 2007 to investigate the purchase of non-food imports from South America's fourth richest and largest country.

Jabal Chaya, president of the Brazil-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, anticipates that household appliances, hospital devices and packaging materials could be added to Iraqi imports from Brazil.

President of the Brazil-Iraq Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jalal Chaya, expected Brazilian exports to Iraq to double in 2007.

President Chaya is also confident that Iraqi exports can rebound to those levels prior to the comprehensive economic embargo which the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) had imposed on Iraq on 2 August 1990. In those days, Brazil exported about US$630 million worth of goods to Iraq - four times current totals.