Integrity: Activating the electronic system to prevent corruption and deter spoilers

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ESCWA discusses cooperation between customs and ports

Monday 30 August 2021 69

 

 Baghdad: Mustafa Al-Hashemi

The transport sector in Iraq represents an important pillar in the development of internal and external trade, and the activities of this sector are represented by land, air and sea transport, which calls for the need to develop these activities by overcoming the obstacles facing the transport sector mainly, and resolving the intersections and conflicts that exist between the Law of Border Ports Authority and aviation laws Civil and Iraqi ports

The National Committee for Facilitating Transport and Trade in the ESCWA Region, headed by Minister of Transport Nasser Bandar Al-Shibli / Chairman of the Committee, and in the presence of members, discussed a meeting of three axes represented in the automation of customs procedures and increasing cooperation between the Customs Authority, the Border Ports Authority and the General Company for Ports to provide the fastest and best services.

The members of the committee also discussed the issue of financial deductions and taxation that accompany the process of entering goods and standardizing procedures, and it was stressed the need to adopt electronic systems and modern technologies in all joints of transport and trade, and other related activities.

At the meeting, they discussed working to unify the electronic automation system, and discussed resolving the intersections and conflicts that exist between the Border Ports Authority Law and the Civil Aviation Laws.

 and ports.

The meeting concluded by directing the formation of a committee to determine the collection and the beneficiary of the dispatch and wages of the scales, as well as directing the ports to contract with a solid security company to take over the ports for security, pointing out the need to follow up on the decisions of the twenty-third meeting of the National Committee and the decisions and recommendations on the topics raised in the meeting’s agenda for the purpose of raising them to the Cabinet.

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Customs: Our revenues are lost due to the Kurdistan Region's lack of commitment

 

Trebil border port with Jordan

money and business Economy News - Baghdad The Director General of the Customs Authority, Shaker Al-Zubaidi, announced that customs revenues are lost due to the Kurdistan Region's failure to comply with Resolution No. 13. Al-Zubaidi said, during his meeting with the directors of the customs areas , that customs revenues are lost due to the Kurdistan region's failure to comply with Resolution "13 ". He added that the customs exemptions are the reason behind the loss of revenues and this is due to the lack of knowledge of the court by the industrial development, indicating that in the next few days, new customs auditing offices will be established in the northern regions, thus we will add significant revenues to the state . He explained that the idea of the establishment of Kmarkip offices will increase auditing state revenues and to reduce smuggling and manipulation , indicating that the customs will see a revolution Kmarkip to maximize the flow of financial and revenue in full Alkmarki work . And he indicated that all customs duties for consumer goods will be reviewed for the purpose of encouraging investors and traders and advancing the reality of the private sector . He pointed out that we recommend managers of customs offices throughout Iraq to facilitate all customs procedures according to the controls. There is no place for manipulation, fraud and forgery .

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Transportation adopts the international quality system for maritime affairs

September 11, 2021 55

 

 

 

Construction of a container storage yard in the northern port of Umm Qasr

Transportation adopts the international quality system for maritime affairs

Baghdad - Kholoud Muhammad

The General Company for Ports of Iraq has adopted the International Quality System for Maritime Affairs.

The General Manager of the company, Farhan Al-Fartousi, said that (according to the directives of the Minister of Transport, Captain Nasser Al-Shibli, to rely on international systems in administrative work, the direction was directed to adopt the international quality system in the work of the Maritime Affairs Department).

He explained that (a lecture was organized for the official of the Quality Division at the Port Institute, in the presence of the director of the department, the director of the division, unit managers and the department’s administrative staff, to educate about the system, noting that he started working on this system in a step to obtain the international certificate after checking the system and examining the procedures by international companies).

The company announced the construction of a container storage yard for the third phase in the northern port of Umm Qasr, with an area of 57,000 square meters, including the construction of a road for trucks heading for sonar without overcrowding.

Al-Fartousi said, "This came within the plan set by the Minister of Transport, Captain Nasser Al-Shibli, where the engineering and technical staff in the northern port of Umm Qasr began the basic work of establishing a container storage yard at the Basra Gate Station, berth 27."

 Noting that (the yard is according to international designs, as it accommodates about 1872 containers, which makes it highly flexible in storage and handling, and includes the installation of five lighting towers, surveillance cameras, and a network and rain drainage, where the current completion rate is about 45 percent).

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Completion of a draft law for the Central Agency for Standardization and Quality Control

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad On Sunday, the Ministry of Planning announced the completion of a draft law for the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control, while indicating work on the project to develop the inspection and calibration system. Ministry spokesman Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi said in a press release, that "a new draft law for the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control has been completed and will be sent to the State Council for transmission to the Council of Ministers." He added, "The ministry is currently working on a project to develop the inspection and calibration system as an investment project within its plan for 2021." Al-Hindawi stressed that "coordination is continuing with the General Authority of Customs regarding the development of the examination and calibration system, but there is a problem facing us in this field, related to the slow pace of customs procedures."

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Iraq and Saudi Arabia decide to open a new border crossing between the two countries

•  Time: 09/30/2021 13:09:25
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{Local: Al Furat News} Iraq and Saudi Arabia decided to open a new land border crossing between the two countries.

A statement by the Ports Authority, which the agency {Euphrates News} received a copy of, stated that "the head of the Ports Authority presided over the ninth meeting of the authority's council in the presence of all its members, which was held in two parts, in attendance at the authority's headquarters and through closed circuit television."
The statement added, "The agenda, which included many paragraphs that work to correct the reality of the work of border crossings, was discussed, as it discussed the projects of border crossings and the way to correct them according to the law and to serve the development of infrastructure in all ports, taking into account the books of the Ministry of Finance and the Office of Financial Supervision, which emphasized the Commitment to the ownership of the land by the Ministry of Finance, as well as the books of the Ministry of Planning and the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, which emphasized that the governorates should develop the infrastructure for border crossings.
The board of the port authority voted "to adopt the recommendations of the committee that was sent to the Muthanna Governorate regarding the approval of opening the Jamima border crossing, after obtaining the approval of the Saudi side to open a corresponding port and the governorate's preparation of the infrastructure and all requirements."
The statement pointed out that the meeting stressed "not to agree to change the border port of the exempted goods except in the event of a compelling circumstance, provided that the subject is presented at the nearest session for discussion and a decision is obtained from the Commission to change or not, as well as deliberation on other important issues aimed at ensuring the smooth flow of Work, inspection of goods and upgrading of work. 

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A corruption operation of tens of millions was revealed at the Trebil port

2021.10.03 - 11:33

 

 

  

Baghdad - people   

On Sunday, the Border Ports Authority announced that it had thwarted an attempt to cheat, manipulate and waste public money with more than (87) million Iraqi dinars at the Trebil border crossing.   

  

  

  

The authority said in a statement that "Nass" received a copy of it, (3 October 2021), that "the Trebil border port was able to seize and thwart a waste of public money with a value exceeding eighty-seven million Iraqi dinars, which was carried out by manipulating customs and tax fees for transactions completed at the port." .  

The statement added, "After matching and checking at the point of the search and investigation, two wheels loaded with material (electrical wires and cables) were seized, and through checking the transaction and purchase invoice, it was found that there was a waste of public money in the amount of (87494532) according to the referral letter and the seizure report."   

The authority confirmed, "the organization of a fundamentalist seizure report and referral to the investigating judge to take legal measures against the defaulters."   

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The Iraqi "ports" reveal the details of a new project to control the movement of ships

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 October 13, 2021 07:46 PM

 

 

Mubasher: The General Company for Ports of the Iraqi Ministry of Transport revealed, today, Wednesday, a project to control the movement of ships.

The Director General of Ports, Farhan Al-Fartousi, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the increase in the number of ships depends on the volume of Iraqi trade exchange," noting that "whenever the Iraqi markets require an increase in goods, they will require an increase in the number of ships."

The director of ports added, "This depends on the shipping lines, as there is a correlation between what is required from the Iraqi markets and the number of ships. The greater the volume of imports to the Iraqi market, the greater the number of ships entering the ports in general."

 He pointed out that "the General Company for Ports of Iraq has developed a plan, in case there is a continuous increase in the number of berths and storage yards," noting that "the strategic plan came to accommodate the largest number of trucks to increase flexibility in working inside the port."

The Director General of Ports added that "the work facilities for the exit of goods from the ports will generate an increase in the attraction of shipping lines and customers," noting that "the company has a plan that is underway, since 2018 until now, which is the process of transformation or (automation) in all the joints of the General Company for Ports of Iraq. ".

He stated that "the plan has reached advanced stages," noting that "a portion of the projects in which the plan has reached 100 percent, and the project in general has reached 80 percent."

He explained that the company has introduced a new project as a result of the development taking place in the world, which is (Vity MS), noting that "this system will control the movement of ships from the origin or from the sea (Al-Weitank) waiting area for Iraqi ships to the ports."

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Customs addresses government departments to collect deferred customs duties

•  Time: 10/21/2021 14:18:53
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{Local: Al Furat News} The General Authority of Customs addressed, on Thursday, government departments to collect the deferred customs duties.

Customs media said in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, that “the Director General of the General Customs Authority, Shaker Mahmoud Al-Zubaidi, referred to the issue of the market’s monopoly on goods whose importation is prohibited,” noting that “the customs departments are working on correspondence with state departments to collect the deferred customs duties.” ". 

He pointed out that "Customs is working to address the differences in customs duties lagging due to the inaccuracy of the information provided in the customs data related to the distinguishing elements of the goods (value, origin or type)." 

Al-Zubaidi continued, during his meeting with the directors of the customs departments’ departments, “We have formed committees to eliminate the redundant files in the authority and simplify the customs procedures for goods,” noting that “there will be moves to rebuild the infrastructure of the authority’s headquarters and its customs areas and organize them in an appropriate manner in accordance with international standards followed in most countries of the world.” ". 

Recently, Customs witnessed remarkable progress in its work by achieving unprecedented revenues, as well as the success of its economic plans, which contributed to supplying the state treasury.

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Closure of a border crossing between Iraq and Iran

•  Time: 10/28/2021 20:25:38
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{Economic: Al Furat News} The mayor of the border city of Qasr Shirin with Iraq revealed that the export process to Iraq from the {Pervez Khan} border crossing had been stopped due to the strike of Iraqi truck drivers.

Murad Ali Tatar told the official Iranian news agency IRNA that Iraqi truck drivers went on strike due to the installation of screening devices on the Iraqi side of the border, which caused the movement of goods to be stopped from this port.

He added that because of the new devices, the Kurdistan Regional Government imposed a fee of $30 per truck, which caused drivers to go on strike and more than 400 trucks stopped at the border.

The governor of Qasr Shirin indicated that more than 700 trucks of goods crossed daily from the official borders of Parviz Khan to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and that more than 300 trucks of export goods crossed from the official borders of Khosravi to other regions of Iraq, taking into account the health instructions on the borders.

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The outlets calculate their revenues generated in nine months

Economie| 08:47 - 29/10/2021

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
, the Border Ports Authority announced, today, Friday, its revenues achieved in nine months, while confirming an increase of 62 billion dinars over last year.
The head of the authority, Omar Al-Waeli, said, "Revenues achieved in the period from 1/1/ 2021 to 9/30/ 2021 amounted to 947 billion dinars," noting that "revenues achieved last year in the same period amounted to 885 billion, meaning that the percentage increase in this The year is 62 billion dinars.
He pointed out that "the revenues achieved in 2019 amounted to one trillion and 122 billion dinars, while the revenues in the year 2020 amounted to one trillion and 194 billion dinars."
He stressed that "there is an increase in revenues despite the Corona pandemic, and all thanks to the efforts of the cadres of the Border Ports Authority," noting that "electronic work has been activated at all border and federal ports through the use of the electronic platform prepared by the Border Ports Authority and for electronic verification of the transaction." customs duties.
Al-Waeli pointed out that "the outlets of the Kurdistan region are still not under the control of the federal government." Ended 29 / h

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Specialists: Customs exemptions deprive the country of 6 trillion dinars annually

Monday 08 November 2021 107

 Basra: Saad Al-Sammak 

 

Customs affairs specialists recently warned that the amount of corruption in customs exemptions for investment materials will rise slightly than expected in the 2021 budget, expressing concern about the growing gap between average revenues and the value of actual annual imports, estimated at 50 billion dollars annually. The specialists interviewed by "Al-Sabah" suggested conducting an objective review of the exemptions in force in order to rationalize them, which would help narrow the wide gap between the average percentage of revenues and the value of actual imports, in line with the standards prevailing in many countries in the region. The expert in customs affairs, Dr. Ali Al-Quraishi, told Al-Sabah:

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The Customs Authority is preparing a draft to amend import duties

Sunday 21 November 2021 262

 

 Basra: Saad Al-Sammak

 

The Iraqi Customs Authority has prepared a draft decision to amend fees for the customs categories imposed on imports of goods and merchandise, stressing that it is in the final stages and will be presented to the Minister of Finance soon.

The Director-General of the authority, Shaker Mahmoud Al-Zubaidi, told Al-Sabah: "Reconsidering the fees for five categories of raw materials, capital and industrial goods, medicines, electrical and cosmetic devices, aims to increase the authority's efficiency in collecting fees, reducing personal diligence, and combating customs evasion, Based on the provisions of Article / Second of the amended Customs Tariff Law 22 of 2010, in which the Minister of Finance was authorized to amend the percentage of fees and present it to the Council of Ministers for a vote, pointing out that “no prejudice to the goods of the similar product to the imported local product subject to the Law of Protection of Iraqi Products No. (11) for a year

 2010" .

He cautioned that "the authority has not neglected the importance of anti-monopoly for some goods and materials covered by protection, in light of the increase in demand for some of them, offset by a gradual rise in prices, as a main reason for creating a secondary and pivotal market for monopolizing basic materials," noting that "in the face of this, it interferes The state to control the prices of multiple commodities, the treatment of which is no less important than strategic decisions

other".

He pointed out that "the change consists in taking a very important decision from the concerned authorities, focused on reconsidering customs duties or canceling protection fees on imports concerned with monopoly for a specific period, such as iron and construction materials imported from outside the country, which is offset by an increase in the intensity of competition between different companies. In light of the consumer’s search for the lowest prices, with high quality, in accordance with the specifications set by the state, as well as encouraging local factories and companies to actually compete with the imported goods that go into building a home for the citizen who dreams of owning land, wondering: “How can the citizen build it?” his land) in light of the instability of the prices of raw materials involved in the construction process, and this includes small industrial and agricultural projects.”

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Ports: Our revenues exceeded 65 billion dollars during the last month

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Iraqi Ports Company announced, on Wednesday, that it achieved revenues of more than 65 billion dinars during the month of October, while it disclosed projects to establish stations and a number of berths to enhance Iraq's oil and commercial exports and imports. The company's general manager, Farhan Al-Fartousi, said in a statement received by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "the total financial revenues achieved by the company during last October exceeded 65 billion dinars," noting that "the company intends to establish very large logistic stations that are under study, and they will be referred to companies International, which will add very large import and export capacities to the northern and southern Umm Qasr ports.” Al-Fartousi added that “the northern port of Umm Qasr is specialized in commercial tankers, while the southern port includes two oil berths, in addition to the presence of a sugar berth belonging to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, which has been converted to oil as well in order to enhance the process of exports and imports of oil derivatives.” He pointed out that "there is an expansion for the construction of 10 other new oil berths, 4 of which have been started, as the completion rate has reached 20%, and a contract has been made to establish two other berths, and the remaining 4 will be contracted to implement soon in order to enhance exports and imports."

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Completion of the international access gates project

Sunday 28 November 2021 263

 

 Baghdad: Esraa Al-Samarrai

 

The Ministry of Communications has completed the international access gates project, stressing that it is an essential pillar in maintaining Iraq's electronic security.

The Director of Relations and Media at the Ministry's General Company for Communications and Informatics, spokesperson Ahmed Ibrahim, told Al-Sabah: "The ministry has completed the work of linking international access gate devices within 11 border outlets, to control the Internet capacities entering and leaving the country."

And he added, "In the same context, the ministry has allocated three geographical locations within: Baghdad, Basra and Kirkuk, to be locations for the project's devices, in order to collect all capacities in them, and then distribute them among the licensed ISPs in the country."

Ibrahim promised the project "a mainstay in maintaining Iraq's electronic security, eliminating Internet smuggling operations, in addition to supporting the Iraqi economy, in addition to complete control over websites, eliminating fraud and electronic extortion, as well as blocking fake social networking sites that spread rumors." of all kinds.”

And he indicated that the ministry's achievement also of the service management project aims to improve the work of the Internet technically, especially that the General Company for Communications and Informatics is the largest owner of infrastructure in the country, which compelled it to go to manage the communication networks in the manner of services. 

The Department of Internet and Communications Services is one of the modern systems that most companies that rent the infrastructure of the Ministry of Communications operate on, especially the mobile companies that pass the service by (transit) through these systems. 

The Director of Relations and Information stated that "the ministry's tireless work comes to make the work of the Internet stable, and to monitor it completely around the clock, to deal with companies with the system of analyzing the data obtained to find out the weaknesses of the network for continuous treatment and development."

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Integrity: Customs transactions suspended for 192 companies that owed financial dues

 

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money and business Economy News - Baghdad On Monday, the Integrity Commission announced the suspension of customs transactions for 192 companies that had owed financial dues. A statement by the authority received by "Al-Iqtisad News" stated that "according to the directive of the Prime Minister's Office regarding the authority's follow-up with the General Authority of Customs, to ensure that fees are collected from the reluctant or reluctant customs brokers, to ensure law enforcement and to secure the collection of revenues, the authority has followed up on the issue of funds that have been overdue for years. several". He explained that "the follow-up efforts resulted in the payment of an amount of (1,970,000,000) dinars, which represents the value of paying the fee differences due to these companies for the period from (1/9/2021) to (8/11/2021), pointing out that "the delayed funds owed by companies Customs clearance since 2013 until now, which the authority has participated in following up, amounts to (40,000,000,000) dinars. He added, "The follow-up by the two bodies and the deterrent measures that were taken, contributed for the first time to an increase in the payment of the amounts owed by the customs clearance companies," noting that "the General Authority of Customs issued circulars to its directorates, stopping the customs transactions of (192) companies whose arrears were owed. ".

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He explained that "the follow-up efforts resulted in the payment of an amount of (1,970,000,000) dinars, which represents the value of paying the fee differences due to these companies for the period from (1/9/2021) to (8/11/2021), pointing out that "the delayed funds owed by companies Customs clearance since 2013 until now, which the authority has participated in following up, amounts to (40,000,000,000) dinars.

 

Well, it's a good beginning ... almost 5% ... they need to be more dilligent from now on.

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Border crossings and electronic work mechanism

Sunday 12 December 2021 155

 

 Suha Al-Sheikhly 

 

Customs affairs specialists have made proposals to review the area of customs exemptions and their impact on the volume of revenue that the state collects for the value of actual annual imports, and they suggested an objective review of the exemptions in force in order to rationalize them in line with the prevailing standards in the countries of the region. 

Customs revenues represent an important source of budget financing in light of the expansion of the volume of imports of goods and merchandise.

 

imported goods

The official spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, told {Al-Sabah}: {The weakness of the mechanisms for applying customs duties imposed on imported goods during the past years has caused a decrease in non-oil revenues and undermined local industrialization initiatives}.

Government policies in this area were in accordance with what was included in the five-year development plan

 2018-2022 is moving towards imposing customs duties on luxury goods to enhance the revenue proceeds of the treasury, as well as working on regulating the process of imports for state institutions. 

He pointed to the "necessity to reduce the phenomenon of random import and the phenomenon of economic exposure."  

 

customs clearance

In the same regard, the customs director, Hayat Abdel-Zahra, expressed her “hope to organize the reality of customs revenues and to collect revenues in an accurate manner,” noting “there are percentages deducted that go to the governorate and the relevant institutions, and this affects the amount of accurate revenue that reaches the state treasury.”  

Regarding the customs law, Abdel-Zahra confirmed that it is “approved in all ports, but its implementation varies from one port to another. }.

 

automation systems

And demanded: {by adopting advanced global experiences that adopt advanced automation systems that facilitate all operations and keep everyone away from the complexity that accompanies customs performance}, indicating that {the volume of imports to the Iraqi market is large and includes goods arriving from various global markets, and can achieve a large volume of revenue for the country, when It adopts sophisticated collection systems that do not allow it to be hacked. 

 

National economy

Economic sources confirmed on more than one occasion that the imposition of customs tariffs has benefits on the national economy, as it leads to the operation of factories in all sectors, public, mixed and private, with their available capacities with the aim of reaching the design capabilities and in the sense that they are able to market their production locally and even it is possible to put The goal of exporting its products, especially for the production of new industrial projects that can be implemented with direct private investment or by participation, and lead to the improvement and support of local industrial capabilities technically and services in terms of increasing diversity in products, increasing productivity and maintaining quality, and taking into account the reduction of costs in a way that enhances 

its competitiveness. 

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The Ports Authority returns a consignment to the Iranian side for violating the conditions and controls

2021.12.13 - 13:59

 

  

Baghdad - people  

The Border Ports Authority announced, on Monday, a re-consignment to the Iranian side, for violating the conditions and controls, at the Munthiriya border port.  

 

  

The authority said in a statement received by "NAS" (December 13, 2021), that "the Border Ports Authority continues to check and follow up on the field for all goods, as it was re-sent a shipment of iron material (armature grille) with a total weight of (500) tons to the Iranian side in Al-Mandhariyyeh border port is in violation of the import terms and controls for not conforming to the standard specifications according to the test of the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control.  

  

He added, "A special committee was formed and the dispatches returned in cooperation and coordination with the concerned authorities at the port."  

  

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Kurdistan: We ended the crisis of entering goods through our borders

Kurdistan Region

 December 23, 2021 10:15 PM

Mubasher: The Minister of Trade and Industry in the Kurdistan Region, Kamal Muslim, confirmed today, Thursday, the continuation of communication with the Federal Ministry of Trade, and while he announced the solution to the problem of entering goods through the borders of the region.

Muslim told the Iraqi News Agency, "Ana", that the relationship between the ministries of commerce in the Kurdistan region and the Federal Republic is good, and we are in constant contact.

Muslim added, that the entry of goods through the borders, if they are within the borders of the region or through other ways, is a problem that exists at all border outlets, stressing that "the region was able to solve the problem well."

On the ration card, the Minister of Trade stressed that "the ration card in the region continues and is the same vocabulary found in all Iraqi governorates of flour, rice, oil, legumes and tomato paste."

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Iraq directs to reduce gold export duties and adopt a new port for its import

 

 2021-12-30 03:17

 

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced on Thursday the reduction of fees for the gold export process, while it decided to adopt Basra International Airport as a third port for importing this precious metal.

This came during the meeting of the 12 Border Ports Authority, which was chaired by Major General Omar Adnan Al-Waeli, and in which the General Company for Land Transport, represented by its General Manager, Mortada Karim Al-Shahmani, and the Director of Offices, Engineer Hussein Abdul Ali, participated, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport today, Thursday.

The statement quoted Al-Shahmani as saying: The meeting included several axes, including discussing the mechanism of implementing Cabinet Resolution No. 455 of 2021, which includes changing the body for implementing projects for the development and reconstruction of border crossings, limiting them to the governorates, and reconstructing them according to advanced designs to meet all the requirements of the operating departments from sonar examination devices for bags and wheels. Drug screening devices, support for K9 detachments, and tight control over the entry of tourist wheels and ensuring their exit.

He added that the meeting discussed the controls for importing gold through the Baghdad and Najaf international airports and the directive to reduce fees for each (kg) gold that is re-exported and to allow exit in quantities commensurate with the importer, and the Council expressed no objection to the approval of the Basra International Airport port to enter gold, similar to the mentioned ports.

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Transportation directed to reduce gold export duties and adopt a new port for its import

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Ministry of Transport announced, Thursday, the reduction of fees for the process of exporting gold, while it decided to adopt Basra International Airport as a third port for importing this precious metal. This came during the meeting of the 12 Border Ports Authority, which was chaired by Major General Omar Adnan Al-Waeli, and in which the General Company for Land Transport, represented by its General Manager, Mortada Karim Al-Shahmani, and the Director of Offices, Engineer Hussein Abdul Ali, participated, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport today, Thursday. The statement quoted Al-Shahmani as saying: The meeting included several axes, including discussing the mechanism of implementing Cabinet Resolution No. 455 of 2021, which includes changing the body for implementing projects for the development and reconstruction of border crossings, limiting them to the governorates, and reconstructing them according to advanced designs to meet all the requirements of the operating departments from sonar examination devices for bags and wheels. Drug screening devices, support for K9 detachments, and tight control over the entry of tourist wheels and ensuring their exit. He added that the meeting discussed the controls for importing gold through the Baghdad and Najaf international airports and the directive to reduce fees for each (kg) gold that is re-exported and to allow exit in quantities commensurate with the importer, and the Council expressed no objection to the approval of the Basra International Airport port to enter gold, similar to the mentioned ports.

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Iraq achieves more than one trillion dinars in financial revenues from customs in 2021

 

 2022-01-05 05:40

 

Shafaq News/ The General Authority of Customs announced today, Wednesday, an increase in its revenues for the year 2021 by 15% compared to the year 2020.

The authority said in a statement today, that its revenues for the year 2021 amounted to (1001413859817), while the revenue of 2020 was (863161392512).

She stressed that she is continuing to redouble efforts to raise revenues to double the amounts achieved through the plan prepared to supplement the state treasury with financial resources.

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Customs: Work to return all customs points on the roads leading to the ports of Kurdistan

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad Today, Saturday, the General Authority of Customs confirmed working to return all customs points on the roads leading to the ports of Kurdistan, while revealing an increase in revenues last year 2021 by 17% compared to 2020. Director of Legal and Customs Affairs at the authority, Adel Suleiman, said in a televised interview, followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "the authority achieved an increase in revenues compared to last year by 15 to 17% with the efforts of the director general and staff in the authority," noting that "meetings of Several were held after the director assumed his position with the functional cadres in the General Authority of Customs. Suleiman added, "During the meetings, the focus was on following up on companies that owed many amounts of customs duties differences, in addition to focusing on all departments and workers at border crossings by following up on meticulous detection procedures while following up on the restriction rules, which led to a significant increase in customs duties, which is What the Federal Integrity Commission emphasized when praising the General Customs Authority for what the Customs Department had achieved and the realization of lost imports. He pointed out that "the percentage that was achieved was mostly in the last quarter of last year 2021, as the effort that achieved more than half of what was achieved in the first months of last year was doubled." He continued, "The attendance at the Ministry of Finance and meetings were held with the Minister of Finance and the Director of Customs, where a new plan was drawn up to implement it in this year 2022 by reconsidering all customs duties, in addition to automating customs work, as an agreement was concluded with the World Trade Organization. To automate the customs work, which will achieve more than 50% of the doubling of the collected revenues. He pointed out that "there is work to restore customs points on the roads leading to all ports of the Kurdistan region, due to non-compliance with Resolution 18 of 2019, in addition to the presence of many unofficial outlets," stressing that "this year will witness an explosion in customs revenues after achieving this." . With regard to the Al-Waleed and Rabi’a outlets, Suleiman said, “The two outlets located in Nineveh Governorate with Syria, work in them is complete and ready to start, but the problem lies on the Syrian side, where the lands of the port are in non-governmental hands, and therefore work has stopped,” expressing his hope. That "the situation on the Syrian side calms down and work in these customs centers resume."

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Customs to launch automation system soon

Sunday 09 January 2022 224

 Baghdad: Saad Al-Sammak

 

The Director General of the "Iraq Customs Authority" Shaker Mahmoud Al-Zubaidi revealed the completion of the final preparations to start activating the first phase of the customs automation system project (electronic operation) for the customs management systems in an accurate and sound manner, linking the local trade exchange with the international, indicating that the new system is applied in 80 countries and contributes By curbing corruption, red tape and nepotism, and returning to the state treasury about 50% of the lost revenues. He explained that "the first stage includes preparing computers, communications, accounting applications for dispatches and the database through the electronic customs system (ASYCUDA), as well as preparing halls for training customs officials on A high level of education, and provision of housing to house United Nations experts. Al-Zubaidi cautioned that The integrated system of computerization of customs procedures is an effective tool in the hands of the customs authority, and it is managed by its human resources (exclusively), who are at a high level of efficiency and professionalism in the application of information and communication technologies, and its connection between the customs authority and its centers and the state departments supporting border crossings on the one hand; On the other hand, the countries and ports exporting the country. 

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Doesn't this SCREAM Iraq is International??