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Key takeaways
- Serving Baghdad via Umm Qasr
- Day-surgery and clinic kits available
- Local-language labelling on request
- Catalogue in 24 hours
The healthcare market in Baghdad
Baghdad is one of Iraq's main healthcare centres, with demand from Kimadia tenders and reconstruction-era hospitals. New clinics, diagnostic centres and day-surgery units open every year, all needing reliable surgical consumables.
What a typical clinic should stock
- Minor surgery instrument sets and scalpel blades
- Sutures, dressings and skin-closure strips
- Gloves, masks, gowns and disinfectants
- Catheters, syringes and IV sets
What hospitals order
Full OT instrument sets, sterilisation trays, anaesthesia and airway consumables, ICU disposables and ward furniture.
Delivery to Baghdad
Goods clear at Umm Qasr and move inland by road or domestic air. Our partners can quote door delivery to Baghdad.
Other cities we serve in Iraq
Basra, Erbil, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah, Najaf, Karbala, Kirkuk, Duhok, Nasiriyah, Ramadi, Fallujah.
Ordering frequency for Baghdad buyers
Single clinics typically reorder quarterly by air or small LCL; hospital groups and chains consolidate into FCL containers every 6–8 weeks to keep per-unit freight low.
A single clinic order compared with a chain order
- Single clinic: smaller SKU count, air-freight backup, faster reorder cycle
- Hospital group: full category range, FCL consolidation, dedicated account pricing
Sea freight
10–16 days
To Umm Qasr from Mundra or Nhava Sheva. Best for FCL/LCL container orders and mixed-category shipments.
Air freight
3–5 days
From Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi or Chennai. Best for urgent, tender or high-value orders.
Documents we provide for Kimadia (State Company for Drugs & Medical Appliances)
- ISO 13485:2016 certificate of the manufacturing site
- CE certificate or declaration of conformity per product family
- Certificate of Free Sale issued in India
- Technical file / product dossier formatted for the Kimadia (State Company for Drugs & Medical Appliances)
- Certificate of origin, commercial invoice and packing list
- Batch-wise certificate of analysis and sterilisation validation (for sterile items)
Where healthcare construction is growing in Iraq
- Baghdad - large reconstruction and new hospital projects
- Erbil - private hospital investment in Kurdistan
Get the Iraq surgical supply catalogue
Full catalogue and a CIF price list for Iraq, sent within one business day.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a surgical supply catalogue for Iraq?+
Request it on the GlobalSurgicals catalogue form or WhatsApp our export desk. We send the full catalogue and a Iraq price list (CIF Umm Qasr) within one business day.
How long does shipping from India to Iraq take?+
Sea freight to Umm Qasr takes about 10–16 days; air freight about 3–5 days.
Do you have a distributor in Baghdad?+
We supply Baghdad buyers directly and through partner distributors. Contact our export desk and we will connect you with the right option.