Date exports in Iraq's Diyala increase as local security situation improves

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Date exports in Iraq's Diyala increase as local security situation improves

STORY: Date exports in Iraq's Diyala increase as local security situation improves DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi Date Processing and Marketing Company 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HUSSEIN HADI, Employee of the Iraqi Date Processing and Marketing Company STORYLINE: Iraq's eastern province of Diyala has exported more than 40,000 tons of dates to many Asian and African countries over the past five months, amid expectations that the export will reach 100,000 tons in the coming seasons. The palm trees are once again bringing benefits to Diyala, one of the important agricultural provinces in Iraq, after the improvement of the local security situation. The booming export has also created a lot of business opportunities for food processing companies in the country. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HUSSEIN HADI, Employee of the Iraqi Date Processing and Marketing Company "Iraqi dates began to recover and began to return gradually. Support (from the govern

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