Abadi adviser: government abolished customs exemptions. . And adjust the fees would not cover core subjects


22/10/2016 (0:01 pm) - The number of readings: 257




Baghdad / Muhannad Jawad al -term

Affirmed the financial advisor to the prime minister, Haider Abadi, on Friday, the Cabinet was forced to cancel the and exception"exemptions s" customs as a result of "the ugly exploited" by the authorities concerned and what caused the "corruption and squandering" led to the loss of substantial financial resources, while the decision to amendment of customs duties "would not include" food and the President, but the goods "unnecessary and worthless" for the national economy, ruled that the cause of higher prices, while economists pointed to the need for uniform application of customs tariff law at all border crossings process.

He said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The exceptions and exemptions contained in the Customs Act took advantage of a horrendous by the authorities concerned and intervening operations corruption", they returned to it, "it led to the destruction of the state treasury and the denial of substantial financial resources stolen and seeded at border crossing points. "

Saleh added that "the government was forced to change the customs tariff and the abolition of exemptions and exceptions," adding that "the new changes will emphasize the petty imports that do not deserve to enter Iraq."

The financial advisor to Ebadi, that "Iraq went to the free market should not be on the public interest and the national economy calculation," stressing that "the government will not let that hurt the national economy any harm, because of the import of goods originating Mzabl the world," as he put it.

Saleh pointed out that "the Council of Ministers has agreed to modify some of the customs duties on a number of goods which will be published schedules determined later," adding that "the Council's decision to enhance the national tax revenue and protect the national industry and restricts the import of luxury goods and circulation."

And he saw a counselor Abadi, that "the Council of Ministers' decision by subjecting imported from all countries of goods for fees of customs is a trend right is based on the protection of national products law," pointing out that "the amendment of customs duties would not include food or President, but goods unnecessary and worthless national economy ".

Saleh criticized "the positions of some of the trends that stand counter to the national economy and fears of rising commodity prices in the market," adding that "flimsy arguments, because the new customs procedures is repressive to free trade in Iraq, and will not lead to higher prices."

For his part, economist Mohammed Abdul Latif Al-Ani in an interview for the "long", that "the application of customs tariffs on the whole the various ports of the country assists in the development of local productive sectors, especially the agricultural and industrial sector deteriorated for nearly Al13aam."

"The past years have witnessed a random import of various goods, which was mostly lousy manufacturing versus out billions of dollars from the sale of oil operations in the absence of any step for the recovery of local industries in the country."

Ani explained that "the classification of goods and services imported into several categories in terms of importance helps to reduce the randomness of import and install a clear picture of the map of goods traded in the local market."

He said the "step toward the important legislation of laws but the practical application of those laws by the executive bodies on the ground represent a big problem, where we note lack of uniformity in border crossings in the tax collection process as a result of import due to the overlapping of powers between the federal government and local governments of some provinces, which has repeatedly demanded sectioning the proportion of the financial revenues of the border crossing points. "

Ani confirmed that "the reduction and cancellation of a number of imported vocabulary will not affect the local market prices if they were to provide suitable alternatives manufactured locally."

"The levy of customs tax operations can come back considerable financial resources into the state treasury up to $ 20 billion a year in exchange for local production activities development."

The Council of Ministers has approved in its meeting, on Tuesday (18 October the current 2016), subjecting imported from all countries of goods for fees of customs based on the protection of Iraqi products law, due to flood the local market products imported and to protect the national product, based on Minister of Industry and minerals request of the agency.

The First Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives, Hamoudi praised, on Wednesday, the response of the Council of Ministers definitely supporting the campaign of the national product and the imposition of customs duties on imported goods all, and when he called to monitor the implementation of the resolution, threatened to "accounting of severely ignored."


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