Iraq Restricts Shipment, Imports of Certain Crops
Iraq recently issued several measures to impose restrictions on the transshipment of wheat and barley and to limit the import of crops from “unknown sources,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service said in a June 8 report. The…
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government is blocking privately imported wheat and barley “from all border outlets until further notice,” USDA said, but will still allow imports to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture-owned Mesopotamia General Seed Co. and the Iraqi Seed Production Co. The restrictions are an effort to “limit the entry of crops from unknown sources, unspecified harvest seasons, unclear consumption suitability” and to “deter gray market trade from smugglers and speculative traders.”