Ages: six cement plants of losing turned into a win-win

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Economy News / Baghdad ...

The Ministry of Construction and Housing, six cement plants of losing turned into a winner after the government's decision to ban import of the substance within the product and encourage domestic industry of Iraq.

According to a ministry statement it received "Economy News," a copy of it, that "the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and public municipalities brocade thorns Ibrahim headed the ministry's headquarters in a meeting of the joint operations room to follow to prevent the entry of cement imported through the border crossing points."

He pointed out that "the meeting addressed a number of important themes that included a follow-up to the implementation of decisions taken by the Council of Ministers to protect the national product (cement), including Decree No. 409 for the year 2015, and is included to prevent the entry of cement importer and Jasmine to Iraq through the border crossing points and the implications of the application in support of production domestic cement. "

And among the thorns that "has been discussed at the meeting also noted the achievements to fill the need for Iraq from the local cement and Bosarthabth competition and that the local cement plants become profitable, including the Kufa Cement Plant has also been five plants Cement loss turned into a profit. If continued activation prevent the entry of cement imported during the year 2017 could be the other plants that turn from losing to winning. "

And Undersecretary of the Ministry of Construction "on the need for coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government to implement the decisions issued in this regard for the protection of the national product, as well as coordination between the General Authority for Customs and Ministry of Interior to put Abbaranagat inspection and checkpoints mechanism to ensure check the quantities and types and origins, numbers, vehicles entering and through a website for this purpose as well as the procedures previously quality control. "

He praised "the role of the General Authority for border ports to monitor the implementation of decisions prevent the entry of cement importer and cooperation of other sectoral bodies to implement the decision."

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