regarding trade with iraq, the united states is its main trading partner, with 40.7 percent of the total amount traded. the eu is second, with 20.7 percent. the eu is also the second largest exporter to iraq. regarding imports, as iraqi oil production has picked up, so energy exports to europe have correspondingly increased. iraq is now tenth among the major energy supplies to europe. iraq is responsible, however, for only 1.4 percent of the total of european energy imports. there is thus a long way to go before pre-1991 levels of trade are regained. trade fell sharply in 1991, before picking up again after the beginning of the oil-for-food program in 1997. by 2001, the eu accounted for 33.3 percent of overall trade and 55 percent of iraq's imports, after which it began to decrease once again.