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German and US Firms Propose Grain Silo near Nassiriya

German and American companies have proposed building a grain silo in Shatra County, north of Nassiriya, a Provincial Council member announced on Friday. Hamoud al-Shatri told Aswat al-Iraq that two companies proposed building the storage facility which will have a capacity of 30 thousand tons. The silo project is one of the main infrastructure projects […]

Sulaimaniya to Improve Food Security with New Silos

The governorate of Sulaimaniya is planning to build five grain silos by the end of 2012, according to Hama-Hussein Hama-Saeed, deputy general director at the Kurdistan trade ministry. AKnews reports that the silos, worth $116 million (138 billion Iraqi dinars), will have a capacity of 240,000 tons of grain. "With these silos, we'll be able […]

Ministry of Trade Issues a New Wheat Tender

Ministry of Trade announces the purchase of 50 000 MT+/-5% in minimum of wheat from all origins according to the specifications adopted by grain board of Iraq and the final quantity will be specified by the buyer. For all bidders who are willing to participate in this tender they have to visit the general contracts […]

Iraq Scraps Wheat Tender, Plans to Buy Rice

Bloomberg reports that Iraq has cancelled a tender for 50,000 metric tons of wheat. and is now inviting bids to buy 30,000 tons of rice from South America. Amer Abdel Aziz, spokesman for the country’s Grain Board, did not give a reason for the cancellation of the wheat tender when he spoke by phone to […]

Iraq's Grain Board Issues Wheat Tender

The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 50,000 tonnes of wheat. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 6th September. Please click here to download the tender details.

Iraq Plans to Become a Grain Exporter

Iraq’s wheat production will total 1.8 million metric tons this year, and the country is expected to become an exporter of the grain by 2015, Deputy Agriculture Minister, Ghazi al-Abudi, said at a press conference in Baghdad. Bloomberg reports the minister as saying that otput is on course to reach 2.25 million to 2.5 million […]

Iraq Has Imported 800k Tons Wheat

Iraq’s Trade Ministry has received 798,267 tons of wheat so far this year in different parts of Iraq, the Assistant Director General of the state-owned General Company for Trading of Crops, Jassem Mohammed Awad, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Sunday. Iraq’s wheat crop is very important, but it only produces about half of the […]

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Iraq to Import 3.25m tons of Wheat

The Grain Board of Iraq said that Iraq intends to purchase 3.25 million tons of wheat this year, up from to 1,9 million tons last year. The company said that part of the wheat will be used to enhance its strategic stockpile. Hasan Ibrahim said that the 3.25 million tons of wheat will cover the […]

Iraq Growing Half its Grain Needs

The Iraqi Agriculture Ministry revealed Sunday that Iraq is producing 50% of the wheat the country requires. The ministry's spokesman, Karim al-Tamimi, told AKnews,  "Iraq currently produces only two million tonnes of wheat due to lack of water needed for cultivation as well as the migration of many farmers from villages to cities." "The Ministry […]

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Grain Board of Iraq Tenders for Wheat

The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 100,000 tonnes of wheat. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 23rd April. Please click here to download the tender details.

Iraq Receives Wheat and Rice from US and Australia

Iraq has taken delivery of 400,000 metric tons of wheat and 127,000 tons of rice, according to Hassan Ismail Ibrahim, director general of the country’s Grain Board. Bloomberg reports that eight ships delivered the wheat from the U.S. and Australian suppliers, and four more boats unloaded rice imported from Thailand at the southern port of […]