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Chinese Clothing Imports on the Rise In Iraq

As with other local markets around the world, availability of cheap Chinese-made clothing in Iraq has largely run the country’s secondhand-clothing merchants out of business.

Iraqi residents shop for clothes in preparation for Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Muslim fasting of Ramadan at Shorja market in central Baghdad August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTX12BPL
Iraqi residents shop for clothes at Shorja market, Baghdad, Aug. 6, 2013. — REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

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