TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 14. Uzbekistan
and Iraq engaged in discussions regarding collaborative projects in
the agricultural sector, as well as the export of Uzbek
agricultural and food products to the Iraqi market, Trend reports via the
Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan.
The issue was discussed during a meeting between Uzbekistan’s
Minister of Agriculture Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov and Iraq’s Minister
of Trade Azzir Dawood Salman Al-Ghurairy, held on the sidelines of
the Uzbekistan–Iraq Investment and Business Forum in Tashkent.
During the forum, which brought together official
representatives from both countries, business leaders, and
approximately 150 Iraqi companies, the parties discussed potential
collaboration in soil composition research, the transfer of
Uzbekistan’s expertise in cultivating grain and leguminous crops to
Iraq, and the organization of a working visit by a group of Uzbek
experts to Iraq to support the implementation of these
initiatives.
The Uzbekistan–Iraq Investment and Business Forum also marked
the second significant milestone in the development of bilateral
business cooperation. The inaugural forum, held in December 2025 in
Baghdad, laid the foundation for the ongoing growth of economic and
investment relations between the two nations.
With a population of around 46 million and an annual import
demand estimated at $53 billion, Iraq presents a vast and promising
market for Uzbekistan. The country imports textiles, carpets, and
leather products valued at approximately $3 billion, food products
and construction materials worth around $4 billion, electrical
equipment totaling nearly $3 billion, furniture valued at about
$1.2 billion, and pharmaceuticals amounting to approximately $2
billion each year.
