ANALYSIS OF THE REALITY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES IN IRAQ FOR THE PERIOD 1980-2018

Abstract

The chemical industries have an important strategic role that contributes to the promotion and progress of
the industry and contributes to the support of the national economy. The study aims to identify the concept
and importance of chemical industries and their effective role in the national economy in terms of studying
the indicators of this important industrial branches by focusing on the indicators of the number of facilities,
the number of workers, workers' wages and added value by studying these indicators for each of the
governorates of Iraq and to identify the extent of development or the decline of chemical industries in the
Iraqi economy and its location among other industrial branches, as well as identifying trends in the
endemicity of this industrial branch and its position among other industrial branches.