HASKOVO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

A Bulgarian-Iraqi Business Forum took place on 3rd July 2012 in the conference room of Retro Hotel in Haskovo and 18 representatives of Iraqi companies from Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok attended the forum. The forum was opened with welcome speeches by the President of the Haskovo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Yancho Yanev, and the President of the Kurdistan – Bulgaria Friendship Association, Mr. Saad Taha.
This visit has been paid as a response to the visit of the Haskovo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to Kurdistan Region in Iraq that took place between 28 - 31.05.2012. The visit to Kurdistan Region in Iraq was organized with the cooperation of Mr. Saad Taha, with whom the Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a Cooperation Agreement in February this year, in Haskovo.
The forum was attended by around 30 Bulgarian companies from the Haskovo region and other regions as well.
North Iraq (Kurdistan Region) is a young economy that attracts a lot of foreign investors and producers. Priority for the Region are supplying its people with food and clothing, developing the agricultural sector as well as new industrial and civil constructing, farming, etc. The companies from the Iraqi delegation are interested in importing clothes and accessories, feed and grains, agricultural chemicals, frozen chickens, agricultural tools and equipment, military uniforms, PVC pipes for water, oil and agriculture, cables, oil cisterns/ cars, tyres and car batteries, construction and construction materials.
The forum aimed to help the Bulgarian companies to establish direct contacts with their counterparts from North Iraq for promoting mutual investing, cooperation and exporting goods from Bulgaria. The forum ended with individual meetings between the Iraqi and Bulgarian companies.