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There is good demand for Indian goods including electrical, textile and food items in Iraq. As per available information, the Iraqi businessmen are traveling to India to establish contacts with Indian companies to source their supplies from them. The number of Iraqi businessmen visiting India has doubled over the previous year and the Indian Mission in Baghdad is interacting more with Iraqi business firms, replying to more business inquiries and distributing directories of Indian exporters in CD form. Similarly Indian businessmen are using the services of their local representatives and the internet to ascertain the available trade opportunities. The Mission also circulates the tender notices to the concerned bodies in India for circulating amongst their members.
To boost export to Iraq in future, the Government of India will continue to facilitate interaction between business communities of both countries besides encouraging participation of Iraqi companies in trade fairs and exhibitions held in India.
This was informed by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri EVKS Elangovan to a question in the Lok Sabha here today.
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