🇮🇶 Iraq → Canada · MFN tariff treatment, enhanced compliance screening applies
Export to Canada from Iraq, English sales representation & market entry
Iraq trades with Canada under MFN treatment, with dates, agri-products and petrochemical derivatives the most established export categories. Canada's Iraqi diaspora supports specialty food and wholesale distribution channels.
The obstacle
What stops most exporters
Iraqi exporters face heavy documentation, banking and due-diligence scrutiny from Canadian buyers and financial institutions. Transactions require careful compliance screening and a Canadian counterparty who can satisfy those checks before an order proceeds.
Trade agreement
MFN tariff treatment, enhanced compliance screening applies
Agencies and chambers
- Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, Ottawa, Commercial Attaché
- Iraqi Federation of Chambers of Commerce
- Canada Arab Business Council
Engagements
How a market entry actually runs
Market Entry Sprint
90 days · First look at the Canadian / North American market
- Market and competitor assessment in your category
- Pricing, duty and landed-cost reality check
- Target account list with named decision-makers
- 20+ first conversations held in English on your behalf
- Written go / no-go recommendation for your board
Ongoing English Representation
Monthly retainer · Companies actively selling into North America
- Named English-speaking representative with Canadian phone and email
- Active B2B outside sales and account management
- Distributor and dealer management
- Quotation, order and logistics coordination
- Monthly written and video report to head office
Trade Show Representation
Per event · Exhibitors who cannot send a full team overseas
- Booth design, construction, install and teardown
- Pre-show appointment setting with buyers
- On-floor selling and demonstrations in English
- Qualified lead capture with structured notes
- Post-show follow-up sequence and debrief
Process
Step by step
1. Discovery call
One video call in plain, slow, clear English. Your product, your target buyer, your price, your capacity.
2. Market brief
A written brief covering realistic Canadian and North American demand, competitors, pricing and the fastest route to first revenue.
3. Representation agreement
A simple written scope: what I represent, in which territory, for how long, at what fee and against which targets.
4. Sell, ship, report
I work the market and send head office a clear monthly report: conversations held, quotes issued, orders won, obstacles hit.
Questions
Straight answers
Do we need a Canadian company to export from Iraq?
No. Most Iraqi exporters begin with representation only, you continue invoicing from Iraq while I generate demand, hold customer relationships and coordinate delivery inside Canada.
What tariffs apply to Iraqi goods entering Canada?
Iraq trades with Canada under MFN tariff treatment, enhanced compliance screening applies. Duty treatment varies by HS code, so landed cost is confirmed with a customs broker during the market brief before you quote a Canadian buyer.
Can you attend Canadian trade shows on our behalf?
Yes. Booth design and construction, install and teardown, on-floor selling in English, qualified lead capture and a written post-show debrief, the standard route for Iraqi exhibitors who cannot send a full team overseas.
How do you get paid?
Typically a monthly retainer plus performance commission, or a fixed fee per trade show or 90-day market entry sprint. Territory, scope, term, fee and targets are written down before work starts.
Contact
Tell me what you are hiring for
- Call: +1 519 278 5085
- Email: tim@timarmstrong.ca
- Based: London & Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, America/Toronto (Eastern Time)
- Availability: Available nationally across Canada, on-site, hybrid or remote
- Serving: London · Stratford · Woodstock · Kitchener: Waterloo · Cambridge · Guelph · Brantford · Sarnia · Chatham-Kent · Windsor · Toronto · Mississauga and Canada-wide