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U.S. embassies are committed to supporting U.S. companies to start exporting or grow their exports to Iraq. In this section, you’ll find an quick description of Iraq as an export market and some suggestions for getting started. Contact the Economic Section of the Embassy for more information.
Getting Started with U.S. Commercial Service
The U.S. Commercial Service (CS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, offers companies a full range of expertise in international trade. Companies can find assistance locally in more than 100 U.S. Commercial Service offices nationwide and in more than 70 international offices.
Getting Started with the Department of Agriculture
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security. In addition to its Washington, D.C. staff, FAS has a global network of 98 offices covering 177 countries. These offices are staffed by agricultural attachés and locally hired agricultural experts who are the eyes, ears, and voice for U.S. agriculture around the world. FAS staff identify problems, provide practical solutions, and work to advance opportunities for U.S. agriculture and support U.S. foreign policy around the globe.
These reports on market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs prepared at U.S. Embassies worldwide by the Department of Commerce Department, Department of State, and other U.S. agencies’ professionals.
The U.S. Department of State’s Investment Climate Statements provide country-specific information on the business climates of more than 170 countries and economies. They are prepared by economic officers stationed in embassies and posts around the world and analyze a variety of economies that are or could be markets for U.S. businesses of all sizes.
Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)
In 1985, the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), a joint venture between the Department of State and the U.S. private sector, created by then Secretary of State George P. Shultz under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to interact on overseas security problems of mutual concern. Objectives of this joint venture are: to establish a continuing liaison between security officials in both the private and public sector; to provide for regular exchanges of information concerning developments in the overseas security environment; recommend methods for planning and implementation of security programs abroad; and recommend methods to mitigate risks to American private sector interests worldwide. These objectives remain in the current OSAC Charter. Baghdad OSAC is free to join. Additional information about OSAC can be obtained by contacting the U.S. Embassy’s Regional Security Office OSAC representative at BaghdadOSAC@state.gov.
The U.S. Embassy in Iraq’s Trade and Investment Team is dedicated to strengthening commercial ties between Iraq and the United States. Through a formal partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS), we offer trade promotion assistance to both American and Iraqi companies through a variety of programs and services with the primary goals of promoting U.S. goods and services for export to Iraq. We also help Iraqi businesses source American products, technologies, and services.
Since its inception, SelectUSA has facilitated more than $78 billion in investment, creating and/or retaining over 95,000 U.S. jobs. In fiscal year 2019 alone, SelectUSA facilitated more than $18.5 billion in investment. We work with the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and entities across government to facilitate job-creating business investment into the United States and raise awareness of the critical role that economic development plays in the U.S. economy.
Contract Opportunities with Embassy Baghdad
The U.S. Embassy Baghdad – General Services Office (GSO) has frequent requirements for commodities and services. We rely on qualified, reliable firms with sufficient resources, financing, and work experience, who meet requirements of solicitation, to deliver and perform a variety of services and commodities.
Contract Opportunities with Consulate General Erbil
U.S. Consulate General Erbil General Services Office’s (GSO) Contracting and Procurement office seeks to enter into contracts with qualified, reliable firms with sufficient resources, financing, and work experience for delivering and performing a variety of commodities and/or services.
U.S. Embassy Baghdad announces an online auction from March 22 to March 29, 2023. This is a routine auction to dispose of excess used property; U.S. Embassies all around the world routinely hold these types of auctions to dispose property that is no longer needed by the U.S. Government. The auction will be open to U.S. Embassy personnel and the public.
This page is your source for finding information about grants administered through the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and its Consulate in Erbil. If you are an applicant applying from Iraq, this page is for you. We have provided application forms and described the procedure for awarding grants.
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