Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi, the Iraqi ambassador to Iran, said Iran would dispatch a large trade delegation of over 100 members to Iraq in the near future.

As far as the two sides are eager to raise the volume of trade, Abboud al-Mousavi said, the travel of Iranian delegation is likely to bring positive results, the Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying.

Iraq was the 2nd leading importer of Iranian non-oil goods in the previous Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, 2015, according to the Iran Customs Administration.

Iran exported $6.182 billion of non-oil goods to Iraq and imported $60.369 million of non-oil goods from the country.

Last February, Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Ali Tayyebnia said Iran and Iraq seek to increase their bilateral trade from currently $12 billion to $20 billion.

He added that Iran has fertile grounds for trade cooperation with Iraq, particularly in the field of exporting technical and engineering services.    /Tehrantimes/