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Oil dominates Iraq's exports to US at $6.5 billion in 2025

Shafaq News 2026/07/13 11:58

Shafaq News-Baghdad

Mineral fuelsand oil products accounted for nearly all of Iraq's exports to the UnitedStates in 2025, with total Iraqi exports to the US market reaching $6.5billion, according to Trading Economics data based on US Census Bureau figures.

Crude oil alonewas valued at $4.79 billion, while petroleum oils and oils obtained frombituminous minerals contributed an additional $1.65 billion, bringing totalenergy exports to $6.45 billion, or 99% of all Iraqi exports to the US market. No single non-energy category exceeded $37 million.

Iraq's exportsto the US have followed a consistent downward trend in recent years, from $10billion in 2022 to $8.9 billion in 2023, $7.7 billion in 2024, and $6.5 billionin 2025.

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