FAO FAOSTAT Trade Data · Country
Iraq
Thin-third FAO agricultural trade profile for Iraq (2018–2023).
- $1.3B
- exports, 2018–2023
- $63.8B
- imports, 2018–2023
- -$62.4B
- trade deficit
- $65.1B
- total trade (imports + exports)
Iraq agricultural trade, 2018–2023
Imports vs exports by year, FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock
Import-heavy partner mix
Iraq in the thin-trade third
Exports are only 2% of total ag trade for Iraq, a lower-third export share (import-led book).
Cumulative 2018-2023 ag trade for Iraq is $65.1B, a thin-third book; ordinal swings look large in percent terms even when absolute dollars stay smaller. Even at thin scale, Maize (corn) still tops exports and Cigarettes tops imports. US MFN duties follow the product's HTS classification, not origin; Iraq-origin shipments may still qualify for preferential Special rates under applicable FTAs.
Dig deeper: How tariffs reach consumer prices. Source: FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock (USD converted from 1000 USD units).
Top Agricultural Exports (2023)
| # | Commodity | Export Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigarettes | $2.5M |
| 2 | Lentils; dry | $657.0K |
| 3 | Paste of tomatoes | $520.0K |
| 4 | Communion wafers; empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use; sealing wafers; rice paper and similar products. | $380.0K |
| 5 | Wheat | $293.0K |
| 6 | Meat of chickens; fresh or chilled | $270.0K |
| 7 | Rice; milled | $138.0K |
| 8 | Tea leaves | $126.0K |
| 9 | Wheat and meslin flour | $11.0K |
| 10 | Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; homogenized or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | $9.0K |
Top Agricultural Imports (2023)
| # | Commodity | Import Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice; milled | $1.5B |
| 2 | Cigarettes | $1.1B |
| 3 | Meat of chickens; fresh or chilled | $1.0B |
| 4 | Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | $711.2M |
| 5 | Wheat and meslin flour | $627.2M |
| 6 | Wheat | $610.3M |
| 7 | Sunflower-seed oil; crude | $513.8M |
| 8 | Soya beans | $421.4M |
| 9 | Paste of tomatoes | $359.5M |
| 10 | Cake of soya beans | $355.5M |
Trade Profile Summary
- Leading agricultural export: Maize (corn)
- Leading agricultural import: Cigarettes
Nationwide trading partners with similar ag trade scale
Two FAO peer sets for Iraq's thin-third book, each excluding this country (commodity tables above stay the bilateral path).
Similar total ag trade
Nearest other countries by cumulative imports+exports ($65.1B here).
Similar trade balance
Nearest other countries by export−import balance (−$62.4B here).
Sources: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule (2026 Basic Edition) and FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock. See our methodology for how figures are computed.
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