An Iraqi official has informed that retailers like Wal-Mart, JC Penney and Sears, Roebuck can stock and sell Iraq make leather jackets and clothes in the US by Christmas.

Top Iraqi and US officials said that a number of Iraqi textile and leather factories are set to sign contracts with the retailers, which would launch their products on the US market.

An initial shipment would be 10,000 to 12,000 leather jackets from a Baghdad factory, 20,000 to 25,000 ready-made suits from one in the central Shiite city of Najaf and teenage clothes from another in the Northern city of Mosul, said Iraqi Deputy Industry Minister Sami al-Araji.

He said American public will be introduced to Iraqi products at a competitive price, adding that the goods would be displayed only at a limited number of outlets in the United States. He expects to sell an Iraqi readymade suit for around US $80 to US $90 to middle-class Americans.