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Iraq is heading to revive manufacturing industries with private investments
Tuesday 30 March 2021 7:27
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Iraq seeks to restore life to the manufacturing sector, which was severely damaged during the period of economic sanctions in the 1990s and after the year 2003, following the stoppage of the remaining factories as a result of the comprehensive openness policy that caused great losses, forcing them to lay off their workers and leave the economic scene due to their inability to compete. .
It seems that the high rate of consumption witnessed by the Iraqi society and its increasing need for transformative food industries sufficient to meet its needs in large quantities, stimulated the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture and investors to enter strongly to activate this sector again.
The Iraqi endeavors focused on supporting food industries that depend on the surplus of Iraqi crops and vegetables, according to a plan that depends on distributing them to governorates and agricultural cities that are far from the capital and from the centers of the most prominent Iraqi cities, to revive economic activity in these areas that suffer high rates of unemployment and poverty.
The largest tomato paste factory in the Middle East
The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad al-Khafaji, said, in statements to the official Iraqi agency, that "the private sector will establish the largest plant for producing tomato paste in the Middle East, in the province of Diwaniyah, as well as establishing a number of other factories in the governorates producing tomatoes, during the current year, to benefit from the surplus." Production in manufacturing industries. "
Al-Khafaji added that the ministry is currently working on giving approvals to the private sector to establish advanced model marketing centers in all governorates, including a marketing center and advanced cold stores to accommodate the local agricultural product.
Al-Diwaniyah is considered one of the most important Iraqi cities in the production of various agricultural crops, especially rice, and it is located on the highway number one that connects southern Iraq with Anbar Governorate through Baghdad, and there is the largest poultry project in Iraq, which opened in 2019 and has a cost of 360 million dollars, and covers about 35 Percent of the Iraqi market need, as it is witnessing the raising of ostriches and deer.
Manpower operation
The advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mahdi Damad Al-Qaisi, points out that manufacturing industries projects contribute to the employment of manpower and help in the growth of agricultural production.
Al-Qaisi added that "there is a surplus in tomato production, and that benefiting from it in the tomato paste industry will contribute to operating the labor force and eliminating the damage that may result from the lack of refrigerated stores." For agricultural production growth.
A plan to support all industries
For his part, a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry, Mortada Al-Safi, points out that there are laws that were legislated by the government that helped in the advancement of the food industry. It is likely that the entry of the importer will be prevented if self-sufficiency in the paste is achieved.
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Al-Safi added, "There is a plan drawn up by the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to support all industries, including the private and mixed sector factories, and there is a slogan that the ministry raised with the title Made in Iraq, in which all facilities are provided for the establishment of such factories."
Al-Safi continues that the private sector’s tendency to invest in manufacturing industries came after the government's interest in controlling borders, setting a tax on products entering Iraq and preventing poor industries, indicating that the Ministry of Industry’s plan includes not allowing any product to enter if there is self-sufficiency from it.
An interest in the crops of manufacturing industries
The head of the Union of Agricultural Associations, Haider Abd al-Wahid, confirms that farmers are now interested in the crops that enter the food industry, including the expansion of the production of tomatoes and a number of other crops, and he adds that the largest factory in the Middle East for the production of tomato paste will be established. Covered agriculture by farmers, in order to produce the crop in winter in large quantities and to cover the need of the factories.
He points out that "Iraqi tomatoes are characterized by their high acidity, and therefore we need to create a new variety that is less acidic," explaining that the investor will bring a new variety to cultivate in the country, and Abdul Wahid indicates that there are a number of food industries, in which investment has begun to benefit from crops. The agricultural sector, such as the potato chips industry, as well as the corn industry for the production of oils, saying that there is a tendency to expand the cultivation of sunflower to the cooking oil industry.
raw materials
The specialist in economic affairs, Saleh Al-Hamashi believes that there are some difficulties that may face the project, especially in its raw materials, and indicates that the success of the project will make Iraq a source for regional countries, and adds that "Iraq has infrastructure for these industries, and it owned the Karbala canning factory and some private factories." For these industries, they cover more than 70 percent of the domestic market.
And he refers to a number of problems that the project may face, including the problem of the raw material, although there is an abundance of tomato crops in the summer, but the production decreases and its prices increase in the winter, in addition to the necessity of the availability of large refrigerated stores to store the crop, and stresses the need to develop a plan for planting The crops entering the industries to secure the raw materials, especially as it is one of the profitable investment projects that cannot work in one season because the production costs will increase.
He continues that the food processing industries will provide job opportunities, reclaim new lands, and preserve economic wealth, and it is also possible to export the surplus to the markets of regional countries, including the Arab Gulf, to be in competition with the Iranian and Turkish producers that dominate the tomato paste production industry.
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The surplus crops and vegetables can be used to meet the country's food needs
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Farmers are interested in the crops that go into the food industry (AFP)
Iraq seeks to restore life to the manufacturing sector, which was severely damaged during the period of economic sanctions in the 1990s and after the year 2003, following the stoppage of the remaining factories as a result of the comprehensive openness policy that caused great losses, forcing them to lay off their workers and leave the economic scene due to their inability to compete. .
It seems that the high rate of consumption witnessed by the Iraqi society and its increasing need for transformative food industries sufficient to meet its needs in large quantities, stimulated the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture and investors to enter strongly to activate this sector again.
The Iraqi endeavors focused on supporting food industries that depend on the surplus of Iraqi crops and vegetables, according to a plan that depends on distributing them to governorates and agricultural cities that are far from the capital and from the centers of the most prominent Iraqi cities, to revive economic activity in these areas that suffer high rates of unemployment and poverty.
The largest tomato paste factory in the Middle East
The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad al-Khafaji, said, in statements to the official Iraqi agency, that "the private sector will establish the largest plant for producing tomato paste in the Middle East, in the province of Diwaniyah, as well as establishing a number of other factories in the governorates producing tomatoes, during the current year, to benefit from the surplus." Production in manufacturing industries. "
Al-Khafaji added that the ministry is currently working on giving approvals to the private sector to establish advanced model marketing centers in all governorates, including a marketing center and advanced cold stores to accommodate the local agricultural product.
Al-Diwaniyah is considered one of the most important Iraqi cities in the production of various agricultural crops, especially rice, and it is located on the highway number one that connects southern Iraq with Anbar Governorate through Baghdad, and there is the largest poultry project in Iraq, which opened in 2019 and has a cost of 360 million dollars, and covers about 35 Percent of the Iraqi market need, as it is witnessing the raising of ostriches and deer.
Manpower operation
The advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mahdi Damad Al-Qaisi, points out that manufacturing industries projects contribute to the employment of manpower and help in the growth of agricultural production.
Al-Qaisi added that "there is a surplus in tomato production, and that benefiting from it in the tomato paste industry will contribute to operating the labor force and eliminating the damage that may result from the lack of refrigerated stores." For agricultural production growth.
A plan to support all industries
For his part, a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry, Mortada Al-Safi, points out that there are laws that were legislated by the government that helped in the advancement of the food industry. It is likely that the entry of the importer will be prevented if self-sufficiency in the paste is achieved.
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Al-Safi added, "There is a plan drawn up by the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to support all industries, including the private and mixed sector factories, and there is a slogan that the ministry raised with the title Made in Iraq, in which all facilities are provided for the establishment of such factories."
Al-Safi continues that the private sector’s tendency to invest in manufacturing industries came after the government's interest in controlling borders, setting a tax on products entering Iraq and preventing poor industries, indicating that the Ministry of Industry’s plan includes not allowing any product to enter if there is self-sufficiency from it.
An interest in the crops of manufacturing industries
The head of the Union of Agricultural Associations, Haider Abd al-Wahid, confirms that farmers are now interested in the crops that enter the food industry, including the expansion of the production of tomatoes and a number of other crops, and he adds that the largest factory in the Middle East for the production of tomato paste will be established. Covered agriculture by farmers, in order to produce the crop in winter in large quantities and to cover the need of the factories.
He points out that "Iraqi tomatoes are characterized by their high acidity, and therefore we need to create a new variety that is less acidic," explaining that the investor will bring a new variety to cultivate in the country, and Abdul Wahid indicates that there are a number of food industries, in which investment has begun to benefit from crops. The agricultural sector, such as the potato chips industry, as well as the corn industry for the production of oils, saying that there is a tendency to expand the cultivation of sunflower to the cooking oil industry.
raw materials
The specialist in economic affairs, Saleh Al-Hamashi believes that there are some difficulties that may face the project, especially in its raw materials, and indicates that the success of the project will make Iraq a source for regional countries, and adds that "Iraq has infrastructure for these industries, and it owned the Karbala canning factory and some private factories." For these industries, they cover more than 70 percent of the domestic market.
And he refers to a number of problems that the project may face, including the problem of the raw material, although there is an abundance of tomato crops in the summer, but the production decreases and its prices increase in the winter, in addition to the necessity of the availability of large refrigerated stores to store the crop, and stresses the need to develop a plan for planting The crops entering the industries to secure the raw materials, especially as it is one of the profitable investment projects that cannot work in one season because the production costs will increase.
He continues that the food processing industries will provide job opportunities, reclaim new lands, and preserve economic wealth, and it is also possible to export the surplus to the markets of regional countries, including the Arab Gulf, to be in competition with the Iranian and Turkish producers that dominate the tomato paste production industry.
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