Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Iraq
Iraq
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
172 119 5 210 -14.8 1 763 33.8
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
52 35 80 54
Imports
51 34 48 31
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
41 738 44 484 2020 0.24
Share in world total exports (%)
2019
2020
-11 -19
-49 -4
-2 0
2020 0.25
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 0.1
Fuels and mining products: 97.2
Agricultural products: 20.4
Fuels and mining products: 4.4
Manufactures: 0.1
Other: 2.6
Manufactures: 74.3
Other: 0.9
By main destination, % (2016)
By main origin, % (2014)
Singapore: 0.2 European Union: 0 Iran: 0
United Arab Emirates: 0 Lebanese Republic: 0 Other: 99.8
China: 28.3 Korea, Republic of: 7.8 United States of America: 6.6
United Arab Emirates: 14.9 European Union: 7.1 Other: 35.2
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS4102 HS0504 HS1704 HS4103 HS0106
2016 . 2 2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Raw skins of sheep or lambs Animals' guts, bladders, stomachs Sugar confectionery Other raw hides and skins Other live animals
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS1006 HS1701 HS0402 HS0207
2014
Wheat and meslin Rice Cane or beet sugar Milk and cream, concentrated Meat and edible offal of poultry
562 451 382 137 104
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
0%
HS4102
HS1001
HS0504
HS1006
HS1704
HS1701
HS4103
HS0402
HS0106
HS0207
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports (2014)
Value
2016 5 2 646
Annual percentage change
2010-2016 -28 na
2015 -37 na
2016 -68 na
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS2710 HS4107 HS5105 HS4901
2016
Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum oils, other than crude Bovine or equine-animals' leather Wool and fine or coarse animal hair Printed books, brochures, leaflets
43 623 145 1 0.1 0.1
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2711 HS7305 HS7306 HS2710 HS8504
2014
Petroleum gases Other tubes and pipes Other tubes, pipes of iron or steel Petroleum oils, other than crude Electrical transformers
6 387 4 051 3 899 2 093 1 730
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
176
50%
Imports 100%
0%
HS2709
HS2711
HS2710
HS7305
HS4107
HS7306
HS5105
HS2710
HS4901
HS8504
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports (2014)
Value
2016 43 770 34 418
Annual percentage change
2010-2016 -3 na
2015 -42 na
2016 -11 na
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Iraq TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
3 499 13 679 2020 0.07
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
32 27
-50 -40
5 4
2020 0.30
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 11.9 Other commercial services: 60.8
Travel: 27.3 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 40.7 Other commercial services: 28.8
By main destination
Travel: 30.5 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Iraq
300
World
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 417 5 567
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value 227 107 83
2010-2020 1 1
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -33 24
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
54.3 25.7 19.9
2020 -35 -17
Value
Share (%)
130 102 5 334
2.3 1.8 95.8
Travel Iraq
300
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 955 4 172
2010-2020 -5 10
Annual percentage change 2019 81 39
2020 -73 -62
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 6.1 1.6
29.3
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 2 126 Imports 3 934
Other business services Construction 63.0
Value
ICTs
30 3
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
1 6
na na
2019
2020
18 10
-23 -21
2019
2020
-85 na
-67 -89
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2018 Residents
653
Non-residents
77
Trademark applications, 2018 Total
730
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
1 832
Non-residents
10 000
Industrial design applications, 2018 Total
11 832
Residents
81
Non-residents
8
Total
89
177