2023-12-08T10:55:28+00:00
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/ The General Authority of Customs announced today, Friday, that Iraq exports Iraqi products through the Safwan border customs center in Basra Governorate, in the far south of the country.
The authority said in a statement today that shipments of national products of molasses (molasses) in the number of (3) three trucks produced by a sugar cane factory and farm in Maysan Governorate were exported to the Kuwaiti side after completing the legal procedures for their export.
The Authority indicated facilitating and simplifying export procedures to encourage the national producer, Iraqi industrialists and farmers.
The General Company for Food Products, one of the companies of the Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals, announced in February 2023 the marketing of the first molasses meal to the State of Kuwait.
The company’s general manager, Jaafar Kazem Al-Daraji, stated that the company, through its Maysan sugar factory, supplied Kuwait Farm Shrimp with molasses in an amount of 200 tons.
He explained that molasses is a final liquid remaining from beet juice after extracting sugar from it, and it is used as a basic ingredient in the manufacture of animal feed, fermentation, and distillation to produce alcohol, carbon dioxide, baking yeast of all kinds, perfumes, and natural vinegar. The molasses resulting from sugar is also a main material for sterilizing and disinfecting the surfaces and walls of health institutions. Pointing out that the company had previously supplied the Iraqi private sector with large quantities of this material, which is used in many industries and uses.