Iraq: Reserves of wheat reached 5 million tons

Iraq: Reserves of wheat reached 5 million tons

INA - BAGHDAD 

The Minister of Commerce, Atheer Al-Ghurairy, confirmed that the ministry has a strategic stockpile of wheat that has reached 5 million tons, which is enough for more than a year.

"The ministry left the critical period in which it possessed strategic storage sufficient for only one month," Al-Ghurairy told the Iraqi News Agency - INA during his visit to Salah al-Din Governorate, pointing out, "The current storage is sufficient for more than a full year, estimated at 5 million tons, and is still marketing wheat until now, and we also have enough storage for 4 months of foodstuffs.”

He added, "There is also no increase in the prices of foodstuffs in the markets, because the Ministry has dealt with that and follows up the prices accurately," indicating, "The Ministry has procedures that the citizen will touch with regard to the food ration card, opening marketing outlets, as well as distributing goods and foodstuffs regularly and studied dates to say that there will be larger and more modern shopping centers across the country.”