# Iraq Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Iraq HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Iraq (IRQ)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $213.3M
- Products: 35
- Buyer markets: 23
- Average CAGR: +15.8%
- Global sector size: $90.2B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 190590 - Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $16.2B | $79.1K | $9.1B | +36.5% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $17.4B | $31.2K | $7.1B | -6.1% | 10 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $5.5B | $289.8K | $4.5B | +13.2% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $4.4B | $36.7K | $2.8B | +3.5% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $4.1B | $126.3M | $2.7B | +14.4% | 2 | +2.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $4.5B | $863.9K | $2.5B | +42.7% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $4.5B | $254.8K | $2.2B | +33.1% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.6B | $155.9 | $2.0B | -52.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210390 - Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $3.9B | $199.9K | $1.7B | +26.6% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 080131 - Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, in shell, fresh or dried | $2.3B | $93.7K | $1.7B | +34.9% | 1 | +0.4% |
| HS 150910 - Vegetable oils: olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $2.6B | $41.9K | $1.6B | -1.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 220299 - Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | $2.8B | $165.9K | $1.4B | +47.5% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 200819 - Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | $1.8B | $1.4M | $1.3B | +31.4% | 3 | +0.1% |
| HS 100199 - Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $2.4B | $24.8M | $1.3B | -26.1% | 2 | +0.7% |
| HS 180690 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $2.2B | $4.1K | $1.0B | +40.8% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 071331 - Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $617.9M | $20.4K | $730.4M | +1.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151800 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $2.6B | $6.5M | $708.0M | +111.7% | 2 | +0.2% |
| HS 080251 - Nuts, edible: pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell | $503.7M | $24.5K | $685.6M | +24.4% | 2 | +0.3% |
| HS 090240 - Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $607.2M | $25.2K | $620.3M | -4.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $980.4M | $7.1M | $558.5M | +24.0% | 2 | +0.6% |
| HS 160414 - Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $342.4M | $27.7 | $473.3M | +27.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200520 - Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $426.3M | $58.9K | $468.2M | +39.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151211 - Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $754.4M | $8.5M | $465.8M | -15.8% | 1 | +1.1% |
| HS 130219 - Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $1.1B | $26.8 | $448.4M | -20.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210320 - Sauces: tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | $375.8M | $19.7K | $408.6M | +16.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230990 - Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $997.6M | $39.1 | $383.7M | -11.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200989 - Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $1.0B | $52.4K | $378.6M | +35.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230230 - Bran, sharps and other residues: of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $281.4M | $30.7K | $341.8M | -20.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200190 - Vegetable preparations: vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid (excluding cucumbers and gherkins) | $547.9M | $4.8K | $337.9M | -3.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 071340 - Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $383.3M | $2.3M | $335.4M | +7.5% | 1 | +0.6% |
| HS 080310 - Fruit, edible: plantains, fresh or dried | $257.8M | $1.1M | $331.6M | +0.8% | 1 | +0.8% |
| HS 080550 - Fruit, edible: lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), limes (Citrus aurantifolia , Citrus latifolia), fresh or dried | $433.8M | $2.1K | $326.9M | +3.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240319 - Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $298.7M | $8.2 | $307.0M | -50.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $803.9M | $28.7 | $290.9M | -56.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170113 - Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $376.4M | $32.9M | $261.1M | +31.2% | 1 | +8.9% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $17.1B calculated opportunity across 15 products.
- Canada (CAN): $7.6B calculated opportunity across 9 products.
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IRN): $5.0B calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Germany (DEU): $4.1B calculated opportunity across 9 products.
- Netherlands (NLD): $3.1B calculated opportunity across 8 products.
- Turkey (TUR): $2.1B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- Viet Nam (VNM): $2.0B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- United Kingdom (GBR): $1.8B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Saudi Arabia (SAU): $1.7B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Republic of Korea (KOR): $994.2M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- United Arab Emirates (ARE): $808.5M calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- India (IND): $730.4M calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 151800: +111.7% average CAGR, $708.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220299: +47.5% average CAGR, $1.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220210: +42.7% average CAGR, $2.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180690: +40.8% average CAGR, $1.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 200520: +39.1% average CAGR, $468.2M calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: +36.5% average CAGR, $9.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 200989: +35.9% average CAGR, $378.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 080131: +34.9% average CAGR, $1.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 170490: +33.1% average CAGR, $2.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 200819: +31.4% average CAGR, $1.3B calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 210690: 10 buyer markets, $7.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 5 buyer markets, $9.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100630: 5 buyer markets, $4.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220210: 5 buyer markets, $2.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090121: 4 buyer markets, $2.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 170490: 3 buyer markets, $2.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210390: 3 buyer markets, $1.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220299: 3 buyer markets, $1.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 200819: 3 buyer markets, $1.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100590: 2 buyer markets, $2.7B calculated opportunity.

## Method

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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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