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NCRI Staff<\/p>\n
NCRI –\u00a0According to board member of Iranian regime\u2019s Exporters Association, the conditions for exporting Iranian goods to Iraq are deteriorating every day.<\/p>\n
An activist in the field has recently complained about Iraqis\u2019 \u201cdiscriminating and unfair\u201d treatment with Iranian exporters.<\/p>\n
Contrary to what Iranian businessmen and exporters expected, exporting goods as well as technical and engineering services to Iraq is apparently facing new challenges every day, so much so that the country\u2019s 32-million market is gradually being lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cIranian businessmen are by no means in a good position to compete with other countries, including Turkey\u201d, says Mostafa Mousavi, board member of regime\u2019s Exporters Association.<\/p>\n
Also in this regard, vice chairman of Iran-Iraq chamber of commerce \u2018Shaban Foroutan\u2019 had pointed out in his last year\u2019s interview with state-run Taamol newspaper that given the two countries\u2019 long common border as well as religious similarities, Iraq should naturally be Iran\u2019s first trade destination, adding \u201cunfortunately, we couldn\u2019t establish ourselves in some areas in Iraq and move forward. Maybe some countries like China and Turkey are ahead of us in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iranian regime\u2019s need for exports to Iraq<\/strong><\/p>\n In his September 10 interview with state-run ILNA news agency, board member of regime\u2019s Exporters Associations describes the conditions for exporting to Iraq even much worse than previously stated, saying \u201cunfortunately, the status of our exports to Iraq is deteriorating every day, so that we\u2019re in a position today that Iraq doesn\u2019t need us anymore. Rather, it\u2019s us who need them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhile preferential tariffs for importing cement from Jordan and Saudi Arabia to Iraq is zero and 15 percent respectively, the figure is 50 percent for importing the same item from Iran\u201d, says Mostafa Mousavi.<\/p>\n Earlier, Bahman Salehi, CEO of Iranian regime\u2019s Water & Power Equipment and Services Export Company (SANIR), had said in his September 5 interview with state-run IRNA news agency \u201cIraqis don\u2019t treat Iranian businessmen and merchants the way they treat those from other countries like the United States, China, Turkey, and South Korea. Instead, they treat in such a way as if Iranians owe them a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Salehi refers to Iraq as Iran\u2019s sphere of influence, saying \u201calthough Iraq has a favorable market and very good conditions, but Iraqis easily assign their projects to non-Iranian companies.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite Iranian regime\u2019s extensive financial, arms, and military support of Iraq\u2019s Shiite government, numerous reports of the country\u2019s discriminating behavior towards Iranian businessmen have been released over the past few months.<\/p>\n Iraq has recently stopped issuing its six-month trade visa for Iranian businessmen. The country has also imposed much heavier import tariffs on Iranian goods compared to those imported from other countries.<\/p>\n While referring to Iranian regime\u2019s intervention in Iraq as combating terrorism, chairman of Iran-Iraq chamber of commerce \u2018Hamid Hosseini\u2019 had earlier told IRNA \u201cit was expected that due to Iran\u2019s widespread support of fight against terrorist groups in Iraq, the country\u2019s officials seek to develop their relations with Iran for post ISIS era. But Baghdad is throwing a monkey wrench in the works, so that we see instead of preparing for Iranians\u2019 ever more presence in Iraq\u2019s rebuilding process, the conference on rebuilding Iraq is held in Kuwait.\u201d<\/p>\n From fall last year, Iraq has tripled tariffs on import of Iranian goods, so that Iranian businessmen have to pay an average $20 for every exported ton. This has practically stopped export of such goods as cement, which used to account for a significant share of Iran\u2019s export to Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCRI Staff NCRI – According to board member of Iranian regime’s Exporters Association, the conditions for exporting Iranian goods to Iraq are deteriorating every day. An activist in the field has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":49750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-23522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n