Morocco’s truck-making firm DAF Industries has concluded a 60-million-dollar contract with Iraq for the delivery of 550 trucks by end 2001, reported the Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP).
The truck deal makes about one third of a 160-million-dollar deal obtained by Morocco as part of the ninth stage of the oil-for-food program.
The first delivery of 50 vehicles took place in the beginning of the year, the second on March 9 for a value of $ 15.5 million, said MAP.
Another 200 trucks will be sent in July 2001 and the rest, 200 vehicles, will be delivered before the end of 2001 – Albawaba.com
