# Iraq exports to Iran: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Iraq to Iran, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/IRQ-IRN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Iraq reported $441.9M in goods exports to Iran. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $441.9M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 66% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 17 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 31.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $3.1B | 49.5% | High attention |
| 2 | 100390 | Cereals: barley, other than seed | $544.9M | 21.9% | Watch |
| 3 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $51.8M | 28.1% | High attention |
| 4 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, window or wall types, self-contained or split-system | $78.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.7B | 91.6% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 850940 | Electro-mechanical domestic appliances: food grinders and mixers, fruit or vegetable juice extractors, with self-contained electric motor | $48.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 470710 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard | $12.4M | 6.6% | High attention |
| 8 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $243.4M | 50% | High attention |
| 9 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $11.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $19.3M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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