VOL. XXXV

NO. 47

24-AUGUST-1992

Financial and Banking News

Budgets & Revenues

Iraqi Government Imposes Tough New Import Restrictions

Iraq has banned the import of 157 consumer items and given merchants already stocking them three months to sell or dispose of existing supplies. A list of items which may be imported has also been issued. The new restrictions, which were announced in Iraqi newspapers on 20 August, come shortly after a clampdown on private sector traders and the execution of 42...