Many bottling companies are franchisees of corporations such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo who distribute the beverage in a specific geographic region.
Iraqi Pepsi is currently selling about 7.2 million bottles a month, though this number drops subject to power outages.
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the local Pepsi-maker was forced to replace authentic PepsiCo concentrates with counterfeit varieties smuggled in from eastern Europe,[3] due to international regulation.
After 2003, Uday Hussein's stake was frozen and Mr Khamis was brought back.
Through local lawyers, PepsiCo is trying to re-register its trademark in Iraq, hoping for a crackdown on counterfeiters.