Iraq stops importing tomato from Turkey
The Iraqi authorities made a decision to stop import of tomatoes from Turkey starting from May 21, Hurriyet reports. Iraq’s agriculture ministry said in a statement that they want to assist the local producers by making this decision.
The statement was also posted in the website of Turkey’s economic ministry. Earlier Russia stopped importing tomatoes from Turkey given the Russian-Turkish tense relations.
Iraq is considered one of the most important tomato exporter countries from Turkey. In 2014 Iraq exported tomato worth 98.5 million USD from Turkey, and in 2015 that number was 82.8 million USD.
