Planning announces the start of the work of standardization and quality control at border crossings

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2 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Some of the Headline translations are priceless - “ balance of the balance of hair “ 

 

Keep going Iraq, your getting “ hair “ ( there ).

 

  

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2 hours ago, Half Crazy Runner said:

 

I know, right??!  Sometimes I can figure out what was probably meant, but in this case...? Just crazy!

 

When all is said and done & these knuckleheads pull the trigger ( ) I'll never look at politics, Global or otherwise with anything but a jaded, suspicious, cynical and critical eye. Well, okay, I look at things like this now . Iraq just puts Mayo, Onions & Mustard on this Political Shiite Sandwich.

 

Y'all have a wonderful weekend and lets hope & pray this train comes into the station right sharpish like. 

 

31 minutes ago, 3n1 said:

 

  

 

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3 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

 

When all is said and done & these knuckleheads pull the trigger ( ) I'll never look at politics, Global or otherwise with anything but a jaded, suspicious, cynical and critical eye. Well, okay, I look at things like this now . Iraq just puts Mayo, Onions & Mustard on this Political Shiite Sandwich.

 

Y'all have a wonderful weekend and lets hope & pray this train comes into the station right sharpish like. 

 

 

 

AMEN! 🙏🏻👍🏻🤞🏻

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3 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

 

When all is said and done & these knuckleheads pull the trigger ( ) I'll never look at politics, Global or otherwise with anything but a jaded, suspicious, cynical and critical eye. Well, okay, I look at things like this now . Iraq just puts Mayo, Onions & Mustard on this Political Shiite Sandwich.

 

Y'all have a wonderful weekend and lets hope & pray this train comes into the station right sharpish like. 

 

 

And I am walking away from all these guys. 

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2 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

And I am walking away from all these guys. 

 

As Pink Floyd put it   - RUN LIKE HELL ! ! 

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Customs to discuss the implementation of the decision to unify the procedures at border crossings

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The General Authority for Customs held an extensive meeting that included the directors of all regions and customs centers to discuss the implementation of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (13) for the year 2019, which approved the unification of procedures and customs fees at all federal ports.

"The meeting was to follow up the procedures of implementing the decision of the Council of Ministers mentioned and obstacles to work and ways to address the problems faced by companies and the movement of trade in ports and land and air ports."

He added that "the management of the Commission confirmed the customs centers need to provide the technical committee formed by the Commission to assess the experience of unifying the procedures 
, all the negatives and observations that accompanied the implementation of the resolution."

The Commission has shown that it is serious in ensuring the success of the implementation of the resolution for its importance in uniting the work in all federal outlets and its contribution in supporting the public and private sectors and establishing the rule of justice in the imposition of fees and it will reveal the weakness and strength in the infrastructure of border crossings and its real operational capacity and the quality of services it provides to attract importers.

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Customs discusses the implementation of the decision to unify the procedures at border crossings

Editorial date: 2019/3/16 20:10 • 109 times read

The Council of Ministers discussed the implementation of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 13 of 2019 approving the unification of procedures and customs duties on all federal ports.

The agency said in a statement, received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "The meeting was to follow up the implementation of the decision of the Council of Ministers mentioned and obstacles to work and ways to address the problems facing companies and trade in ports and in land and air ports." 
"The customs centers need to provide the technical committee set up by the body to evaluate the experience and consolidate the procedures with all the negatives and observations that accompanied the implementation of the decision based on paragraph (IX)." 
"It is serious to ensure the success of the implementation of the resolution to its importance in uniting the work at all federal outlets and its contribution to support the public and private sectors and establish the rule of justice in the imposition of fees and it will reveal the weakness and strength in the infrastructure of border crossings and its real operational capacity and quality of services to attract importers." is over

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The ports announced the return of four consignments to the Iranian side failed in the health check

 

Emaar Construction Economy News - Baghdad The border crossing authority announced on Sunday that four consignments had been returned to the Iranian side, which had failed to conduct a health check at the border crossing. The agency said in a statement read by "Economy News" that "the body returned today, four consignments loaded with salt food with Iranian potato chips, which is located in the port of Shib border because of failure to check health, according to the book of the Health Department Maysan." The Authority added, "In the port of Safwan border was seized two wheels loaded with empty metal cans by the Division of search and investigation outside the customs barrier after the completion of customs treatment and because of false tax receipts not returned to the cargo loaded. "All the violations have been referred to the concerned authorities to take legal action against them," it added. Views 17   Date Added 17/03/2019

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Certificates of origin

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Mohamed Sherif Abu Maysam 
after the General Authority for Customs decided to dispense with the ratification of the certificate of origin and invoices related to the import of goods in the Iraqi commercial attachés for the purposes of customs and only the ratification of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in origin or country 

It is now necessary to study the feasibility of this decision and to know its positive and negative effects in the national economy and in the nature of the flow of goods to the local markets in order to protect the local product and control the rhythm of market movement and limit the possibility of weak people to exploit weaknesses in the application and create gaps that may allow entry Non-conforming goods.

The certificates of origin are documents issued by the Chambers of Commerce of the exporting countries indicating the place of production of the goods to be exported. These papers are "sure" documents that are important to identify the nationality of the goods in order to estimate the rates of fees to be levied or preferential transactions to be granted.

Through the certificate of origin, the flow of goods can be controlled and the knowledge of those prohibited or economically prohibited. Therefore, they limit the chances of parasites and the weak souls in marketing non-conforming goods whenever they are confirmed. Otherwise, they will produce chaos in a manner inconsistent with the trends of the stage in our country. More regularity of market relations through the activation of economic laws legislator and legislation impedes them to create an economic and trade environment attractive to investment and to protect the local product.

Yes, the decision came in accordance with a previous decision of the Council of Ministers in August 2018. However, the evaluation of the results of the application may require the views of other parties concerned with the protection of the market and consumer protection, such as the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control and other sectoral bodies, to be able to calibrate the positive results in the economic landscape With negative data resulting from 

Application. 

In spite of what is said about the violation of the law of the ratification of Iraqi documents, and what some say about the violation of the recommendations of the Ministerial Committee for Economic Affairs on the unification of customs duties at all border crossings, but the purpose of this decision is not clear because of the conflict between what is caused by the application under a lot of talk By the traders and importers in some border ports, at a time when the separation between the goods and goods of companies that are placed by countries on the black list and between goods of solid origin depending on the papers issued by foreign important task is not easy without the authentication of attachments Are ongoing in those countries that are assumed to be fully aware of these companies and the nature of the goods according to available data.

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Iraq and Syria are preparing to open the border port between them soon

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The chief of staff of the army, Major General Othman al-Ghanmi, announced on Monday that the coming days will witness the opening of the border crossing between Iraq and Syria and the continuation of visits, trade and mutual exchange between the two countries.

"The coming days will witness the opening of the border crossing between Syria and Iraq and the continuation of visits and mutual trade," Al-Ghanmi told a news conference in Damascus.

"There is great coordination between the Syrian and Iraqi armies to counter terrorism, and the security of Syria and Iraq is indivisible," he said.

The chief of staff of the army, General Othman al-Ghanmi, headed a high-ranking delegation to Damascus on Sunday to participate in the meeting of the chiefs of staff.

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Tomorrow, the opening of a new port Arar between Iraq and Saudi Arabia with international standards

Editorial date: 2019/3/24 23:44 • 1632 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Iraq and Saudi Arabia will open tomorrow, Monday, a new port Arar, between the two countries with international standards.

The opening ceremony will be attended by security leaders, the local government in Anbar province and a delegation from Saudi Arabia. 
The governor of the General Authority of Saudi Arabia, Ahmad Al-Qahbani, said on Sunday in a press statement that "the project of a new outlet Arar equipped with international specifications and will be the first outlet in the Kingdom in technology and competition globally." 
The Saudi official stressed "its importance in the development of trade between the Kingdom and Iraq and the development of the border area, and provide facilities for passers- 
by ." Ended by .. Hamid al-Fahdawi

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Saudi Arabia: Arar will be the world's first performer in his technology and competition

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad Ahmed Al-Qahbani, the governor of the General Authority of Customs, announced on Monday that Saudi Customs is working to create a new outlet for Arar with Iraq according to the latest technologies in the world.  "The project of the new port of Arar with Iraq is equipped with international specifications, and will be the first port in the technology and competition globally," he said in a statement to the newspaper "Middle East" Saudi Arabia and briefed him "Economy News", stressing "its importance in the development of trade between the two countries, Border area, and provide facilities for passers-by. "  "Customs has prepared a project for the re-engineering of procedures for exemptions and customs restrictions, as one of the initiatives to shorten procedures and legalize lists of restricted goods and update them with the concerned parties."  "The efforts of the Authority to facilitate procedures to support the national industry, including re-engineering of export procedures."

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Iraqi-Saudi meeting in preparation for the opening of Arar border crossing

Editorial date: 2019/3/26 17:12 • 179 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The head of the border crossing organization Kazim al-Aqabi discussed Tuesday with the Saudi side, headed by the governor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, preparations for the opening of Arar border crossing.

The agency said the ports in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "it is 'to stand on the progress of work in the project to develop the port Arar border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, visited the head of the border crossing Kadhim al-Aqabi and see the reality of the project on the ground'. 
He added that the "punishment" held a joint meeting with the Saudi side, headed by the governor of Saudi Arabia, Ahmed al-Qahbani and the Saudi ambassador in Baghdad Abdul Aziz al-Shammari and a number of administrative leaders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the presence of Iraq's ambassador to the Kingdom Qahtan al-Janabi.
He pointed out that the two sides discussed ways to speed up the operation of the port ahead of the scheduled date of the official opening of the port ', pointing out that' the meeting also discussed the subject of trade exchanges between the two sides, which stressed the punishment on the point of view of the Iraqi government should be these squares on the Iraqi side ' , Indicating that 'this request came for the recruitment of labor from the Nukhayb and areas close to the port as well as the provisions of control and control of trade exchanges. 
He added that "the possibility of providing technical support from the Kingdom in the field of simplification and automation of the procedures to the window of one trade exchange has been discussed."

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Basra opens a bank account to receive the province's imports from the border crossings

 

BAGHDAD / Al-Masala: The government of Basra, on Friday, March 29, 2019, opened a bank account to receive the province's imports of border crossings.

"According to the directives of the Governor of Basra, As'ad Abdul Amir Al-Eidani, and the President of the Governorate Council Sabah Al-Bezouni, the governor's office held a broad meeting under the chairmanship of the director of the office of the Governor Emad Abdul-Khaleq Al-Eidani. , Legal, and auditing, in order to discuss the activation of the role of border ports through revenue and the collection of the fee of Basra.

He added that "the meeting also discussed the activation of the issue of collection, and the development of an integrated plan of action, including the opening of a bank account for the province of Basra, and begin to receive the imports of border crossings, and agreed to implement the implementation in the coming weeks."

He continued, "formed in this regard, a committee to visit the Supreme Authority, to coordinate between the provinces, and ministries of finance and planning, to activate the role of economic conservation through the collection of imports and assess the work of previous committees."

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A delegation from 12 ministries in the Baghdad government will visit Kurdistan next week

Political | 09:55 - 31/03/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
A delegation of representatives of 12 ministries of the Baghdad government will visit the Kurdistan region next week, to discuss the opening of a number of border crossings. 
The director of the passport department in the province of Sulaymaniyah, Brigadier Salar Abdullah, said that "a delegation of representatives of 12 ministries in the federal government will next week to visit the Kurdistan region, to prepare the final report on the opening of outlets Kelly, Serran Band, Beshtah, and Tawila, border. 
He added that "the final report will include the importance of the opening of the border port, and will be the usual or international outlets," noting that "the decision to open the border crossings of the powers of the Prime Minister and the final report will be directed to him to take the final decision on him."

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Maliki's coalition calls for the exploitation of countries that come to Iraq .. We import 50 billion dollars a year and this tempts them

 Friday, 05 April 2019

Baghdad - Writings

A shocking figure indicating that the country does not produce any commodity and it depends on imports and imports in full, which drains its hard currency and burdens the state budget.

Mohamed Shi'a al-Sudani, MP of the coalition of the rule of law, led by Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's import of goods and products and goods at least 50 billion dollars annually.

Al-Sudani said in a statement on Friday, April 5, 2019, that far from political calculations and regional hubs, at least $ 50 billion a year Iraq imports all kinds of goods, goods and goods, but did not specify who gets the lion's share of those funds Although the advertiser that Iran alone is taking the share of 13 billion dollars of Iraqi imports, seeking during the current year to raise to 20 billion dollars.

It is noteworthy that the MP for the coalition, "Maliki", did not anger this figure, which burdens the budget of Iraqis, and instead of calling for reduction and reduction and guidance to the items benefit the Iraqis health, such as hospitals and services such as infrastructure of utilities and electricity, and educational to build schools and universities, went to say that this figure is tempting to countries All of them are racing to visit Iraq and make agreements with him. His remarks coincide with the visit of a large Saudi delegation to Baghdad and before signing a huge agreement with Jordan to import more than 120 goods. It is not harmful for Iraq to build its relations in the light of this objective.

Sudanese statements at the end of his remarks only said that the solution lies in agriculture and industry, which calls for intervention by the government to rationalize the import and stop the import of goods that have alternatives in Iraq or those that are called provocative goods if there is a real desire to support the Iraqi economy.

 

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Customs: The decision to unify the customs procedures contributed to the increase in revenues

 

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Alsumaria News / Baghdad considered the General Administration of Customs on Saturday, a decision that the unification of customs procedures contributed to increase fiscal revenues, while confirming that the Customs Center or the Northern Palace of the highest income recorded record yesterday.  "The customs centers in the ports of Basrah province are functioning normally and at a rising pace after the contraction that followed the decision of the Council of Ministers to unify the customs procedures with the Kurdistan region , which raised the fears of traders and importers," the agency said in a statement received by Alsumaria News .   "The decision contributed to the increase in revenues, on the contrary, which was rumored, as there was no rise in customs duties on goods and goods, but a lot of customs duties were reduced, which helped encourage importers to increase their imports." The Commission stressed its keenness to "implement the decision to unify the customs procedures at all the border crossings of Iraq because of its positive implications in the interest of developing customs work and upgrading it to the world's ports and is following up with government agencies to monitor the implementation of the decision by the ports of the Kurdistan region." The Authority pointed out that "the Customs Center of Umm Qasr al-Shamali registered on Friday about two billion dinars, the highest revenues recorded at all border crossings of Iraq and the number of containers cleared during the month of March more than (1400) four hundred containers through the same port after the completion of procedures Customs, which refutes the news that talked about the suspension of the ports of Basra and allegations of reluctance traders to enter their goods through their ports and their direction to the ports of Kurdistan.

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Iraq and Iran sign a memorandum of understanding to regulate the official border crossings

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Director General of border crossings at the Ministry of the Interior, Shahriar Haidari, and the head of the Iraqi border crossings, Kazem Mohammed Brisk Al-Aqabi signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the establishment and organization of official border ports between the two countries.  The agreement was signed by Haidari and Al-Saabi on the establishment and regulation of the official borders between Iran and Iraq, according to bilateral agreements and commitments.  The agreement was signed in the context of strong and growing relations in order to provide facilities for trade exchange and transit of passengers in the common borders of the two countries, and implementation of the strategic agreements reached during the recent visit by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to Tehran on April 7. The agreements reached in the memorandum of understanding included the opening of the Khosravi border for passengers and visitors, the transit of goods, the formalization of the Sumar border, the formalization of the borders of Shoshmi and Shaikh Salalah in the province of Kermanshah, the follow-up of the Tilah Koh border in Kermanshah governorate, the opening of the Gilat and Jankulah crossing at the Ilam border, In the province of Kurdistan and the formalization of the limits of kilo in the province of Western Azerbaijan. Views 21   Date Added 09/04/2019

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Government delegation visits the ports of Kurdistan to follow up the decision to unify tariffs

Sunday, April 07

 

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The Ports Authority controls 22 forged seals in Trebil

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Baghdad / Al-Sabah

 

The border crossing authority, on Saturday, managed to seize forged iron seals belonging to agents and customs agents at the port of Trebil

 Border border. According to a statement received by Al-Sabah, "After receiving information that there were forged seals inside one of the offices of the customs clearance agents, the port protection force and the search and investigation unit searched a caravan and confiscated 22 seals belonging to departments operating inside the port. Thermal and tax receipts are empty and filled with empty state revenue receipts with several CD-ROMs

 85 ». The statement added that «fake tax receipts were seized by the Research and Investigation Division in the control of the exit outside the customs barrier», pointing to «take the legal procedures according to the record of fundamentalist and forwarded to the police station Trebil for the purpose of transmitting to

 The judiciary.

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The Director General of Customs directs the staff to request all customs documents to avoid tampering

 

Monday 15 April

 

 

Sumerian News / Baghdad The Director-General of Customs Munther Assad, on Monday, obliging staff to request all customs documents to avoid tampering.  The General Authority of Customs said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, that "Munther Asad, Director General of the Commission directed all the directorates and customs centers to oblige all employees working at border ports to request all customs documents without compromising any customs document, especially with regard to import licenses and the results of examination and certificate of origin and all Other documents as the basis for the clearance of imported goods. "   She added that "the guidance of the Director General of the Authority comes in the framework of fighting corruption and address the cases of manipulation and violations in the import and customs documents and to facilitate the process of completion of customs transactions, specifically the examination of missions."  The Commission explained that "this step was complementary to emphasize the advancement of the Iraqi customs."

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Customs-free trade with Iraq gets Kurdish industry pumping 

By Rudaw 3 hours ago 

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Steel is melted at a recycling plant in Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region on March 30, 2015. File photo: Farzin Hassan | Rudaw

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region − Factory output in the Kurdistan Region is booming thanks to the removal of customs duties and checkpoints between Iraq and the Region.

"Due to the removal of customs checkpoints between Baghdad and the Region and the unification of customs duties, the export of our factories' products to the Iraqi cities has increased by 20 percent," Mustafa Zubair, who oversees factory affairs for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Trade and Industry, told Rudaw, without specifying a time period. 

"High quality and cheap prices" have contributed to increased demand on Kurdish-made goods and services, according to Zubair. Some 70 percent of products produced by factories in the Kurdistan Region are sold elsewhere in Iraq.

They include hygiene products, plastics, and food items.

The KRG Ministry of Trade and Industry has licensed 5,400 large, medium, and small factories to operate. Of this number, almost 3,000 were established.

"Of the 3,000 factories, 600 are very active, selling 70 to 80 percent of their outputs outside the Kurdistan Region," Zubair said.

Following the takeover of Kirkuk by Iraqi forces supported by Iran-backed Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitias, the Iraqi government decreed to deal with Kurdish-made products as foreign exports. 

High customs fees were levied on the pretext that the KRG does not abide by Iraq's Law No. 25, 1991 for Industrial Development concerning the licensing of factories.

This move forced the plants in the Kurdistan Region to revoke their licence with the KRG and apply for a new one from Baghdad to escape high tariffs.

"This problem has now been resolved," Zubair claimed. Permits are now being issued according to Iraq's Law No. 20, 1998.

"Any factory licensed based on that law will be exempted from any taxes and customs fees for 10 years allowing them to import raw material to their factories from any border-crossings of Iraq," he explained.

The majority of the Region’s factories are located in Erbil − around 1,200.

"The removal of customs points between the Iraqi cities and the Kurdistan Region has led to an increase in demand on Kurdish factory outputs from the Iraqi cities and a boost for businesses. Therefore a number of factories that had been shut down in the past have once again resumed their operations," said Taeb Kazho, head of Erbil’s industrial development.

"Only in last month, 15 factories checked with us applying for permits to export raw material for their factories," Kazho said.

Of Erbil's 1,200 factories, 600 are exporting both to Iraq and abroad.

"Currently, factories [in Erbil] export vehicle oil, plastic chairs and tables, tahini, and other products to Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, and Sudan."

Products in the greatest demand among Iraqi importers are "ice cream, mushrooms, natural water, soft drinks, household equipment, tissues, plastic, chemical fertilizers, cement, steel, and many others."

After hygiene, the second most desired products exported from the Region to Iraq and other countries is plastic materials.

According to the industrial ministry, there are 561 firms producing plastic products in Kurdistan.

Plastic products include chairs, tables, bins, household appliances, synthetic tablecloths, and nylons.

Daim Plastic is one of the largest factories in Erbil. Its output amounts to 500 tons every month, consisting of 100 different commodities.

The firm’s owner agrees the normalization of Erbil-Baghdad relations has contributed to the business boom.
 

"The removal of the customs duties led to a boost to our market because the $1,200 they were charging us for customs fees is no longer the case," said Nahro Abdulrahman, owner of Daim Plastic. Now they can "compete with Iranian products."

Abdulrahman said they rely heavily on other Iraqi provinces for the sale of their equipment. Some 60 percent of their products are sold in Iraqi provinces, 20 percent abroad, and 20 percent in the Kurdistan Region.

"Compared to the past our sales have increased by 20 percent and we expect it will increase by the end of this month as it is the season for the use of plastic materials."

 

 

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Implementing an "advanced system" at border crossings

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Baghdad / Omar Abdul Latif

 

The government is moving towards implementing a sophisticated electronic system in the collection of customs tariffs that will prevent the rampant corruption at the border crossings and increase the financial revenues significantly, while the Committee of the Parliamentary Economy explained that this system is derived from one of the neighboring countries. The committee member Ali Saadoun al-Lami said: "The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has expressed its readiness to implement an electronic system for all types of government collection such as electricity, water and taxes, including customs, this came during the meetings of the Iraqi-Jordanian economic forum in the capital Amman," noting that "this system contains cards are prepaid "He added that" officials in Amman have suggested to the Iraqi side to implement this program and circulate it to the departments and train employees to use it. "He said that" it will fight corruption, save time and effort, and prevent employees with weak souls from blackmailing citizens. " He pointed out that «the Committee is keen to implement the system as soon as possible, as it does not cost the state anything but computers and staff well trained on its management, expressing« fear of attempts by corrupters to delay the work of this system and put obstacles to the bodies responsible for its implementation »For his part, Committee member Falah Abdel-Karim Radi: «The former Prime Minister Haider Abadi had announced that all the border crossings, including the Kurdistan region for investment by companies» He told Radi »morning»: «The investment plan for those outlets include rehabilitation, and linked to the central system Electronic control of materials entering Iraq The extent of its powers for human consumption, in addition to meet the wages of customs duties by the government, and it reinforced according to existing materials in each container ».

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Workshop to discuss transport facilitation in Iraq

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 18

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah

 

 

The first workshop to facilitate transport and trade in Iraq was organized under the patronage of the Minister of Transport / Chairman of the National Committee for Facilitating Transport and Trade in the ESCWA Region, Abdullah Laiibi Bahad, under the slogan "Keeping abreast of global developments and the use of modern technologies in transport and trade.

 

International System

"The National Committee for Facilitating Transport and Trade in the ESCWA region since its formation in 2013 has attached the utmost importance to the introduction of the Republic of Iraq within the international system of trade and transport and to keep abreast of the major global developments in this field," said Hilal Al Quraishi, Executive Secretary of the National Committee.

Al-Quraishi said, "This is for the purpose of encouraging investment and foreign trade with Iraq, enhancing the economic and social development and growth of the country, increasing production capacity and government revenues, reducing trade costs and enhancing integrity and transparency in line with the recommendations and decisions of the United Nations and other international organizations. The framework for the development of the necessary policies before the ministries of the state and other parties for the purpose of applying this goal. "

 

Imports and exports

Al-Quraishi explained that "this workshop is of great importance because Iraq is still one of the most prominent countries in the region, which requires those concerned to produce a large number of documents for the conduct of import and export transactions, as Iraq's performance in various international indicators that measure the ease of doing business and trade modest" .

"Iraq ranks 159th out of 160 countries in the World Bank's 2018 World Bank's Logistics Performance Index, a major global logistics efficiency index, with a modest performance for the Customs sub-index. Iraq ranks 153th, 140th in efficiency Transport and trade infrastructure, 144 for cargo tracking, and 129 for the accuracy of shipment arrival times according to the predetermined delivery schedule. "

 

The six countries

"Iraq is one of the six countries in the world that is still operating in the customs system of customs, namely Andorra, Iraq, Mali (has started its procedures to implement the ASYCUDA system), Somalia, South Sudan and Turkmenistan, and Iraq has not joined any of the International customs agreements so far "- according to Quraishi.

He stressed the need to take some corrective measures by those on the economic file to fix these shortcomings and reduce barriers to trade that harm the national economy and all economic actors.

The recommendations were submitted to the National Committee for Facilitating Transport and Trade under the chairmanship of the Minister of Transport for the purpose of discussing them and submitting them to the Council of Ministers. Distinguished certificates and symbolic gifts were distributed to the participants in the workshop.

The workshop was attended by the members of the national and technical committees to facilitate transport and trade, as well as a group of guests from various ministries and state institutions and private sector federations.

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Al-Khafaji: Abdul-Mahdi will be able to control the border crossings if he wants to

 

 

Baghdad

A member of the Committee on Economy and Investment Parliamentary Falah al-Khafaji, Wednesday, that Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, if wanted to control the border crossings, it can easily.

"One of the biggest problems of the government at the border crossings that cause the loss of millions of dollars if the prime minister wants to control them will be easy," Khafaji told Al-Akhbar.

He added that "today's technology is very sophisticated and cameras everywhere and can set up an office of his duty only to monitor the border ports and diagnose errors," noting that "there are parties trying to eliminate the poultry sector through the border crossings."

He said that "the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohamed Halboussi, strong and his speech is heard and can serve to host the Prime Minister of Parliament and the enactment of a strict law and control of border crossings."