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This professionals-only event represents the entire agrofood & plastics value chain. Impressive figures underline the dynamic growth of the Iraqi agricultural, food and plastics sector:

• Between 2015 and 2022, Iraq’s investments in food & beverage process and packaging technology increased at an annual growth rate of 15.5% (!), from €76m to €209m, making Iraq the third largest Arab importing country of such technologies in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and the UAE (VDMA).

• Between 2017 and 2021, Iraq’s imports of plastics technology were up with an annual growth rate of 16.6% (!), from €20m to €37m. (VDMA)

• These technology imports enable Iraq to develop and diversify its own production, increase exports and substitute imports of consumables.

• Food imports surged between 2017 and 2021, with a CAGR of 5.3%, rising from US$ 11.245 billion to US$ 13.827 billion (WTO). This solidifies Iraq’s position as the third largest food importer in the Arab Middle East, following Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The dynamic development of the Iraqi market is also clearly reflected on the exhibitor side. While exhibitors from 10 countries participated in 2022, this year there are exhibitors from 17 countries, and for the first time the magic number of more than 200 exhibitors is exceeded. 

This continues the success story of Iraq’s most important and largest agrofood & plast trade show with 210+ exhibitors from Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates.

Excitingly, the 6th edition will feature comprehensive coverage:

• Agro Iraq: Showcasing agriculture, crop production, livestock breeding, and poultry.

• Agro Pack Iraq: Focusing on technology and materials for food and beverage processing, as well as ingredients.

• Food Iraq: A platform for showcasing and trading finished food & beverage products.

Furthermore, the concurrent 4th Plast Iraq complements the value chain, spotlighting plastic raw materials, machinery, equipment for plastics processing, printing, and packaging.

Recap of Agro Pack & Plast Iraq of November 2022 

The previous edition saw the participation of 7,758 visitors from 27 countries discussing their investments with 196 exhibitors from 10 countries. 

• 5,459 trade visitors came from the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq (Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Zaxo, Halabja, Duhok, …)
• 1,320 from all other Iraqi provinces, many of them invited in delegations as Hosted Buyers: 494 from Baghdad, 325 Mosul, Kerkuk 281, Basra 55, Babil 33, Necef 27, Karbala 24, Tikrit 21, Anbar 19, Diyala 14, …
• 995 trade visitors from outside Iraq

The large number of trade visitors reflected the great interest and high investment needs of the Iraqi agrofood and plastprintpack industry.