US EXPORTS TO IRAQ UP 48% IN 2011 VS. 2010

According to the latest Department of Commerce statistics for 2010 and 2011, US exports to Iraq have increased by 48 percent, from $1.64 billion in 2010 to $2.43 billion in 2011. Sectors that have shown the greatest increase are in oil and gas infrastructure and equipment, automobiles, telecom equipment, construction machinery, and food. 2011 US export numbers in medical equipment increased significantly over the same time period.

Over the same period, US exports of merchandise goods to the 22 nations of the Arab world increased from $48.77 billion in 2010 to $56.18 billion in 2011, an increase of 15% and the highest single-year sales volume ever.

Ranking by Dollar Value
COUNTRY 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Saudi Arabia 3. Egypt 4. Morocco 5. Qatar 6. Kuwait 7. Iraq 8. Lebanon 9. Algeria 10. Jordan 11. Oman 12. Bahrain 13. Tunisia 14. Yemen 15. Libya 16. Syria 17. Mauritania 18. Djibouti 19. Sudan 20. Somalia 21. Palestine 22. Comoros	DOLLAR VALUE $15,893,845,362 $13,819,521,040 $6,182,963,459 $2,862,627,027 $2,796,010,605 $2,727,324,643 $2,431,158,710 $1,807,897,672 $1,590,253,878 $1,454,325,707 $1,433,985,527 $1,213,175,421 $586,064,972 $389,957,214 $287,069,136 $249,845,656 $243,223,055 $132,835,061 $73,366,064 $5,248,785 $1,193,113 $1,095,278
Arab World Total	$56,182,987,385

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau