Iraq import and export data
In 2024, Iraq imported goods worth $51.79 billion and exported $109.17 billion, a trade surplus of $57.38 billion. Value fell 28% from 2023. Across 2017-2024 the long-run trend was broadly stable. The peak in this period was 2022, at $75.03 billion.
Imports 2024
$51.79B
Exports 2024
$109.17B
Trade balance
+$57.38B
Iraq imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where Iraq imports from
Most of the value came from China (31%), Turkey (25%), India (6%). Among the main suppliers, Brazil grew fastest (+48% on the year before).
Top supplier countries
- China 31%
- Turkey 25%
- India 6.3%
- Brazil 3.7%
- Saudi Arabia 3.3%
- United States 3.1%
- Germany 2.7%
- South Korea 2.4%
- Thailand 2.3%
- Italy 2%
Where Iraq exports to
Most of it went to China (35%), India (27%), South Korea (8%).
Top export markets
- China 35%
- India 27%
- South Korea 8.3%
- United States 7%
- Greece 5%
- Netherlands 3.9%
- Italy 2.5%
- France 1.9%
- Germany 1.7%
- Turkey 1.7%
Top Iraq imports
- 1Cars · HS 8703$3.40B6.6%
- 2Rice · HS 1006$1.64B3.2%
- 3Air conditioner · HS 8415$1.14B2.2%
- 4Precious metal jewelry · HS 7113$1.00B1.9%
- 5Packaged medicines · HS 3004$976.6M1.9%
- 6Poultry meat · HS 0207$960.7M1.9%
- 7Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$754.9M1.5%
- 8Sugar · HS 1701$737.9M1.4%
- 9Furniture · HS 9403$735.5M1.4%
- 10New pneumatic tyres · HS 4011$643.7M1.2%
- 11Electrical wire and cable · HS 8544$629.3M1.2%
- 12Bread and baked goods · HS 1905$580.8M1.1%
Top Iraq exports
- 1Crude oil · HS 2709$97.86B90%
- 2Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$8.85B8.1%
- 3Petroleum residue · HS 2713$1.11B1%
- 4Petroleum gas · HS 2711$487.4M0.5%
- 5Coal tar oil · HS 2707$219.3M0.2%
- 6Tropical fruit · HS 0804$103.6M0.1%
- 7Ships · HS 8901$92.0M0.1%
- 8Waste paper · HS 4707$66.7M0.1%
- 9Soya bean oil · HS 1507$61.1M0.1%
- 10Aluminium scrap · HS 7602$41.7M0%
- 11Gas turbine · HS 8411$22.6M0%
- 12Postage stamps and securities · HS 4907$13.3M0%
Beyond the public totals
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Iraq trade data by product
Every product below has its own page: yearly trend, partner countries on a map, prices per kg and HS detail.
Chapter 01 · Animals; live
Chapter 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other…
Chapter 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey…
Chapter 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere…
Chapter 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and…
Chapter 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
Chapter 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or…
Chapter 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 10 · Cereals
Chapter 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt…
Chapter 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous…
Chapter 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and…
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…
Chapter 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other…
Chapter 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
Chapter 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk…
Chapter 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or…
Chapter 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Chapter 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof…
Chapter 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes…
Chapter 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering…
Chapter 26 · Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of…
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic…
Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
- Iraq halogenated hydrocarbon trade
- Iraq alcohol trade
- Iraq ether trade
- Iraq saturated carboxylic acid trade
- Iraq unsaturated carboxylic acid trade
- Iraq oxygenated carboxylic acid trade
- Iraq amine trade
- Iraq amino alcohol trade
- Iraq quaternary ammonium salt trade
- Iraq amide trade
- Iraq imide trade
- Iraq nitrile trade
- Iraq nitrogen compound trade
- Iraq organosulfur compound trade
- Iraq heterocyclic nitrogen compound trade
- Iraq nucleic acid trade
- Iraq vitamin trade
- Iraq antibiotic trade
- Iraq organic compound trade
Chapter 30 · Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their…
Chapter 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery…
Chapter 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing…
Chapter 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches…
Chapter 36 · Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches…
Chapter 37 · Photographic or cinematographic goods
Chapter 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
- Iraq activated carbon trade
- Iraq pesticide trade
- Iraq fuel additive trade
- Iraq rubber chemical trade
- Iraq fire extinguisher trade
- Iraq paint thinner trade
- Iraq catalyst trade
- Iraq refractory mortar trade
- Iraq brake fluid trade
- Iraq antifreeze trade
- Iraq culture medium trade
- Iraq diagnostic reagent trade
- Iraq fatty acid trade
- Iraq chemical product trade
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- Iraq polyethylene trade
- Iraq polypropylene trade
- Iraq polystyrene trade
- Iraq pvc trade
- Iraq vinyl polymer trade
- Iraq acrylic resin trade
- Iraq engineering plastic trade
- Iraq polyurethane trade
- Iraq silicone resin trade
- Iraq cellulose trade
- Iraq biopolymer trade
- Iraq plastic monofilament trade
- Iraq plastic hose trade
- Iraq plastic flooring trade
- Iraq self-adhesive film trade
- Iraq plastic sheet trade
- Iraq plastic film trade
- Iraq plastic sanitary ware trade
- Iraq plastic bottle trade
- Iraq plastic dinnerware trade
- Iraq plastic building material trade
- Iraq plastic product trade
Chapter 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
Chapter 41 · Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and…
Chapter 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness…
Chapter 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
- Iraq fuel wood and wood waste trade
- Iraq wood charcoal trade
- Iraq sawn wood trade
- Iraq shaped wood trade
- Iraq particle board and osb trade
- Iraq fibreboard trade
- Iraq plywood trade
- Iraq wooden crates and pallets trade
- Iraq wooden tool handles trade
- Iraq wood joinery and carpentry trade
- Iraq wooden tableware trade
- Iraq wooden articles trade
Chapter 47 · Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic…
Chapter 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp…
- Iraq uncoated printing paper trade
- Iraq tissue paper trade
- Iraq kraft paper trade
- Iraq uncoated paperboard trade
- Iraq corrugated cardboard trade
- Iraq carbon and copy paper trade
- Iraq coated paper trade
- Iraq specialty coated paper trade
- Iraq cigarette paper trade
- Iraq wallpaper trade
- Iraq transfer paper and stencils trade
- Iraq paper envelopes and stationery trade
- Iraq toilet paper and tissues trade
- Iraq paperboard boxes and cartons trade
- Iraq paper notebooks and albums trade
- Iraq paper labels trade
- Iraq paper articles trade
Chapter 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other…
Chapter 53 · Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven…
Chapter 54 · Man-made filaments; strip and the like of…
Chapter 55 · Man-made staple fibres
Chapter 56 · Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns…
Chapter 57 · Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Chapter 58 · Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile…
Chapter 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered…
Chapter 60 · Fabrics; knitted or crocheted
Chapter 61 · Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or…
- Iraq men's knit coat trade
- Iraq women's knit coat trade
- Iraq men's knit clothing trade
- Iraq women's knit clothing trade
- Iraq men's knit shirt trade
- Iraq women's knit blouse trade
- Iraq men's knit underwear trade
- Iraq women's knit underwear trade
- Iraq t-shirt and vest trade
- Iraq knit sweater trade
- Iraq baby knit clothing trade
- Iraq knit swimwear and activewear trade
- Iraq knit garment trade
- Iraq hosiery trade
- Iraq knit gloves trade
- Iraq knit clothing accessories trade
Chapter 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted…
- Iraq men's overcoat trade
- Iraq women's overcoat trade
- Iraq men's clothing trade
- Iraq women's clothing trade
- Iraq men's shirt trade
- Iraq women's blouse trade
- Iraq men's underwear trade
- Iraq women's underwear trade
- Iraq baby clothing trade
- Iraq technical garment trade
- Iraq swimwear and activewear trade
- Iraq lingerie and corsetry trade
- Iraq scarf and shawl trade
- Iraq clothing accessories trade
Chapter 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing…
Chapter 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such…
Chapter 65 · Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 66 · Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat…
Chapter 67 · Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made…
Chapter 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or…
- Iraq worked building stone trade
- Iraq grinding stones trade
- Iraq abrasive cloth trade
- Iraq mineral wool insulation trade
- Iraq asphalt and bitumen trade
- Iraq plaster articles trade
- Iraq cement and concrete trade
- Iraq asbestos-cement products trade
- Iraq brake and clutch material trade
- Iraq mineral and carbon products trade
Chapter 69 · Ceramic products
Chapter 70 · Glass and glassware
Chapter 71 · Natural, cultured pearls; precious…
Chapter 72 · Iron and steel
- Iraq ferro-alloys trade
- Iraq hot-rolled steel coils trade
- Iraq cold-rolled steel sheets trade
- Iraq coated steel sheets trade
- Iraq narrow steel strips trade
- Iraq coated steel strips trade
- Iraq hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Iraq forged and hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Iraq steel shapes trade
- Iraq steel wire trade
- Iraq stainless steel sheet trade
- Iraq stainless steel bars and shapes trade
- Iraq alloy steel sheet trade
- Iraq alloy steel wire trade
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- Iraq steel sheet piling trade
- Iraq cast iron pipes trade
- Iraq seamless steel pipes trade
- Iraq large diameter steel pipes trade
- Iraq welded steel tubes trade
- Iraq steel pipe fittings trade
- Iraq steel structural sections trade
- Iraq steel storage tanks trade
- Iraq steel drums trade
- Iraq gas cylinders trade
- Iraq steel wire ropes trade
- Iraq barbed wire trade
- Iraq steel wire mesh trade
- Iraq steel chain trade
- Iraq steel nails trade
- Iraq steel fasteners trade
- Iraq steel springs trade
- Iraq steel stoves trade
- Iraq steel radiators trade
- Iraq steel cookware trade
- Iraq steel sanitary ware trade
- Iraq cast iron articles trade
- Iraq steel articles trade
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 75 · Nickel and articles thereof
Chapter 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
- Iraq aluminium scrap trade
- Iraq aluminium rods trade
- Iraq aluminium wire trade
- Iraq aluminium sheet trade
- Iraq aluminium foil trade
- Iraq aluminium tubes trade
- Iraq aluminium pipe fittings trade
- Iraq aluminium structural sections trade
- Iraq aluminium drums trade
- Iraq aluminium cables trade
- Iraq aluminium cookware trade
- Iraq aluminium products trade
Chapter 82 · Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks…
- Iraq garden tools trade
- Iraq hand saws trade
- Iraq hand pliers trade
- Iraq hand wrenches trade
- Iraq vices and clamps trade
- Iraq tool sets trade
- Iraq tool bits trade
- Iraq machine cutting blades trade
- Iraq kitchen hand tools trade
- Iraq kitchen knives trade
- Iraq razor blades trade
- Iraq scissors trade
- Iraq cutting tools trade
- Iraq flatware trade
Chapter 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…
- Iraq industrial boilers trade
- Iraq heating boilers trade
- Iraq boiler economizer trade
- Iraq gas generator trade
- Iraq steam turbine trade
- Iraq piston engine trade
- Iraq diesel engine trade
- Iraq engine parts trade
- Iraq gas turbine trade
- Iraq pneumatic motor trade
- Iraq liquid pump trade
- Iraq air compressor trade
- Iraq air conditioner trade
- Iraq furnace burner trade
- Iraq industrial furnace trade
- Iraq refrigerator trade
- Iraq heat treatment machinery trade
- Iraq calender machine trade
- Iraq centrifuge trade
- Iraq dishwasher trade
- Iraq weighing scale trade
- Iraq spray gun trade
- Iraq hoist trade
- Iraq crane trade
- Iraq forklift trade
- Iraq conveyor trade
- Iraq excavator trade
- Iraq excavation machinery trade
- Iraq lifting machinery parts trade
- Iraq soil cultivator trade
- Iraq harvester trade
- Iraq milking machine trade
- Iraq poultry incubator trade
- Iraq grain mill trade
- Iraq food processing machinery trade
- Iraq paper machinery trade
- Iraq paper cutter trade
- Iraq printing press trade
- Iraq washing machine trade
- Iraq industrial washer trade
- Iraq sewing machine trade
- Iraq metal casting machine trade
- Iraq rolling mill trade
- Iraq laser cutting machine trade
- Iraq machining centre trade
- Iraq lathe trade
- Iraq drill press trade
- Iraq planer machine trade
- Iraq metal press trade
- Iraq metal shaping machine trade
- Iraq stone cutting machine trade
- Iraq wood working machine trade
- Iraq machine tool parts trade
- Iraq power tool trade
- Iraq calculator trade
- Iraq computer trade
- Iraq office machine trade
- Iraq computer parts trade
- Iraq crushing machine trade
- Iraq plastic molding machine trade
- Iraq specialized machinery trade
- Iraq metal mold trade
- Iraq valve trade
- Iraq bearing trade
- Iraq gearbox trade
- Iraq gasket trade
- Iraq semiconductor machinery trade
- Iraq machinery parts trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- Iraq electric motor trade
- Iraq generator trade
- Iraq motor parts trade
- Iraq transformer trade
- Iraq electromagnet trade
- Iraq battery trade
- Iraq accumulator trade
- Iraq vacuum cleaner trade
- Iraq electric appliance trade
- Iraq electric shaver trade
- Iraq ignition system trade
- Iraq automotive lighting trade
- Iraq flashlight trade
- Iraq electric furnace trade
- Iraq electric welding machine trade
- Iraq electric heater trade
- Iraq phones and network equipment trade
- Iraq microphone trade
- Iraq video recorder trade
- Iraq storage media trade
- Iraq television camera trade
- Iraq radar trade
- Iraq radio receiver trade
- Iraq monitor trade
- Iraq electronics parts trade
- Iraq traffic control equipment trade
- Iraq alarm system trade
- Iraq capacitor trade
- Iraq resistor trade
- Iraq high voltage switch trade
- Iraq low voltage switch trade
- Iraq control panel trade
- Iraq electrical parts trade
- Iraq light bulbs trade
- Iraq semiconductors trade
- Iraq integrated circuits trade
- Iraq electrical machinery trade
- Iraq electrical wire and cable trade
- Iraq carbon brushes trade
- Iraq electrical insulators trade
- Iraq insulating fittings trade
Chapter 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and…
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
- Iraq tractors trade
- Iraq public transit buses trade
- Iraq cars trade
- Iraq trucks trade
- Iraq special purpose vehicles trade
- Iraq vehicle bodies trade
- Iraq vehicle parts and accessories trade
- Iraq industrial trucks trade
- Iraq motorcycles trade
- Iraq bicycles trade
- Iraq mobility carriages trade
- Iraq motorcycle and bicycle parts trade
- Iraq baby carriages trade
- Iraq trailers trade
Chapter 89 · Ships, boats and floating structures
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- Iraq optical fibres and lenses trade
- Iraq optical elements trade
- Iraq eyeglasses trade
- Iraq binoculars and telescopes trade
- Iraq cameras trade
- Iraq optical microscopes trade
- Iraq lasers trade
- Iraq surveying instruments trade
- Iraq drawing and measuring instruments trade
- Iraq medical instruments trade
- Iraq therapeutic apparatus trade
- Iraq orthopaedic appliances trade
- Iraq x-ray apparatus trade
- Iraq demonstration apparatus trade
- Iraq material testing machines trade
- Iraq temperature and humidity meters trade
- Iraq pressure and flow meters trade
- Iraq analytical instruments trade
- Iraq utility meters trade
- Iraq counters and indicators trade
- Iraq electrical measuring instruments trade
- Iraq measuring instruments trade
- Iraq control instruments trade
- Iraq instrument parts trade
Chapter 91 · Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Chapter 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories…
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
Chapter 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Iraq on EximDataX
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Values in US dollars.
Straight answers
Trade data for Iraq: questions
What does Iraq import most?
The largest imports by value in 2024 were cars ($3.40 billion), rice ($1.64 billion) and air conditioner ($1.14 billion). Together they made up 12% of total imports of $51.79 billion. Each product has its own page below with suppliers and prices.
What are the main exports of Iraq?
The top exports in 2024 were crude oil ($97.86 billion), refined petroleum products ($8.85 billion) and petroleum residue ($1.11 billion), 99% of exports of $109.17 billion. That left a trade surplus of $57.38 billion.
Who are the biggest trading partners of Iraq?
The largest suppliers were China (31% of imports), Turkey and India. The largest export markets were China (35% of exports), India and South Korea. The maps above show every partner country.
Where can I get shipment-level Iraq trade data?
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