Deputy industry minister, Sami Al-Araji, revealed that, in an attempt to revive the plagued industry, Iraq is planning to put locally manufactured clothing on sale in the US.
A delegation was already in talks with American retailers like Sears and Wal-Mart to have the clothing on sale in a limited number of major cities by Christmas.
Iraq hopes attract American consumers and bag atleast some share of the holiday market.
Al-Araji said, “We are hoping if everything goes well, by Thanksgiving and Christmas we will have from the Mosul factory teenage clothing, and from the Najaf factory ready-made suits, and from the leather industries here, leather jackets, and so on.”
Initially the products will be limited to around low and mid-ranged 10,000 to 12,000 leather jackets, 20,000 to 25,000 suits and garments for teenagers.
Paul A Brinkley, the deputy under secretary of defense for business transformation in Iraq, a chief supporter of this project, says that only resurgence of the Iraq’s industries will bring about the urgent revitalization of the economy.
A delegation was already in talks with American retailers like Sears and Wal-Mart to have the clothing on sale in a limited number of major cities by Christmas.
Iraq hopes attract American consumers and bag atleast some share of the holiday market.
Al-Araji said, “We are hoping if everything goes well, by Thanksgiving and Christmas we will have from the Mosul factory teenage clothing, and from the Najaf factory ready-made suits, and from the leather industries here, leather jackets, and so on.”
Initially the products will be limited to around low and mid-ranged 10,000 to 12,000 leather jackets, 20,000 to 25,000 suits and garments for teenagers.
Paul A Brinkley, the deputy under secretary of defense for business transformation in Iraq, a chief supporter of this project, says that only resurgence of the Iraq’s industries will bring about the urgent revitalization of the economy.
