Iraq's imports surge 73% in 2025
Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's imports rose 72.6% to $72.3 billion in 2025, compared with $41.9 billion in 2024, according to Iraq's General Authority for Statistics and Geographic Information Systems.
The authority's figures put non-oil goods imports at $70.8 billion, up 77.9% from $39.8 billion a year earlier, while imports of petroleum products fell from $2.1 billion to $1.5 billion.
China ranked as Iraq's largest source of non-oil goods imports, accounting for $30.9 billion, or 43.7% of the total, followed by Iran at 8.4% and the United Arab Emirates at 8.1%.
Imports through seaports reached $49.3 billion, up from $25.6 billion in 2024, while land crossings handled $14.6 billion and airports $6.9 billion.
October recorded the highest monthly import value at $8.8 billion, representing 12.2% of the annual total.
Iraq relies on imports for about 95% of its market needs, excluding grains supplied through the food ration system, according to the Prime Minister's financial adviser Mudher Saleh. He estimated annual private-sector imports of goods and services at $50 billion, rising to $70 billion when government imports are included.
