21 January 2008 (Iraq Directory) -- The Ministry of Commerce said that the lack of financial allocations to cover items of the ration is the reason for failure in contracting with suppliers of these ...

Basra, 17 January 2008 (Voices of Iraq) -- Iraq's sea fishing industry, which was one of the most flourishing industries in the country for many years, has declined in recent years, prompting many ...

Baghdad, 17 January 2008 (Al-Sabaah) -- Trade Ministry declared that it would distribute all terms of ration cards of this month and next months without any cut, as it decided forming special committee ...

16 January 2008 (Al SumariaTV) -- Iraqi Trade Minister Abdul Fallah Al Sudani announced that his ministry is studying a three stage plan for thee years in order to support ratio cards in view of equipping ...

10 January 2008 (Kurdish Globe) -- A professor of economics at Duhok University notes that it is necessary for the government to develop plans to encourage local production, especially in simple goods.

04 January 2008 (Azzaman) -- The Ministry of Trade is to hand out new food rationing cards covering the whole of 2008 this month but Iraqi families are warned that they will receive much less subsidized ...

24 December 2007 (Gulf News) -- Iraq plans to phase out next year its decades old state monopoly over the import of wheat and rice and allow the private sector to enter the market to improve deliveries ...

Karbala, 19 December 2007 (Voices of Iraq) -- Civil society organizations in Karbala threatened to start a campaign of civil disobedience if ration card items are reduced, an informed source said on ...

Baghdad, 11 December 2007 (Al-Sabaah) -- Ministry of finance has decided to include employees who receive less than 150,000 dinars as a payment, within social protection network.

Baghdad, 04 December 2007 (IRIN) -- From the beginning of 2008 the quantity of national food rations delivered freely to all Iraqi families will be further reduced - from 10 to five items, due to lack ...