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1000 companies and 50 countries in the 2007 exhibition of reconstructing Iraq
Hosted by Jordan next May at Amman Square for Exhibitions
Translated by IRAQdirectory.com - [03/03/2007]


Several Saudi companies are preparing to participate in the exhibition of reconstructing Iraq in 2007, organized by the group of the International Company for Exhibitions and in cooperation with Arriyadh Exhibitions Company Limited on an area of 25 square meters at Amman Square for Exhibitions; primarily under the auspices of the Jordanian Prime Minister, Dr. Maarouf Al-Bakheet, during the period from 7 to 10 May.

In this exhibition, more than 1000 companies representing 50 countries from around the world will compete to get a share of the allocations which amount to $ 100 billion for the reconstruction of Iraq in several areas, including construction, agriculture, oil, petrochemicals, plastics, security systems and protection, food, infrastructure, communications, cultural, education, health and electricity. Saudi companies got the greatest participation during the 2004 and 2005 exhibitions, while the second largest participation was for Jordan in 2006.

The exhibition this year is supported and encouraged by commercial bodies, governmental and non-governmental, following the meeting of the commercial consuls of the European Union and of other countries, last January in Amman; the most prominent of those countries are: the American Trade Department, the British Trade and Investment Body, the French Body for Encouraging International Investment, the Turkish Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs, the German Ministry of Labor and Economy, the Federation of German Engineers, the Body of Exhibitions Industry in Germany, the Austrian Trade Body, the Body of promoting Greek Exports, the Swedish Trade Council, the Federation of Wallonia Chambers of Belgium, the Australian Trade Committee, the Brazilian Body of Foreign Trade Development (Abex) , the Spanish Institute of Export and Trade, and finally the Bulgarian Agency of Promoting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.