Trade, transportation ministries sign agreement

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Ministry of Trade on Thursday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Transportation, under which the latter should transport flour to Basra province, according to a ministry statement. “The director general of the State Company for Seeds Manufacturing, Muthanna Jabbar Abdulzahra, has signed a preliminary agreement with al-Badiya Company for Public Transportation to deliver flour to Basra province…,” read a Trade Ministry statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The deal will save the province 6 billion Iraqi dinars (ID) a year, the statement pointed out. Basra receives 23,000 tons of flour a month to be distributed under the country’s ration card system. SS (P)/SR 1