snip ~ "and on the social implications of imposing the law of customs tariff to be applied beginning of the year 2012, said a member of the Economic Commission: will be applied stages so as not to hurt them on citizens due to high prices is expected, will begin with vegetables and fruits"
15.10.2011
Economists: the neighboring countries put pressure on politicians to the continued flow of goods to Iraq
The range between rejection and acceptance is the Iraqi citizen is a victim and a testing of the goods imported him from the origins of poor, and accepted is to buy them to fit it and put the material, some of the politicians refuse to delay the application of the law of customs tariff of its importance in determine the quality of goods, good bad, and some of them say the interest of the citizens had to postpone the bill because it needs to cheap goods, and the Economic Commission representative of the membership Nahida Daini, which asserted that: most of the diseases and deaths in Iraq today are the result of consumption of poor manufacturing or expired, which intervention into Iraq from neighboring countries.
She told (range): that Iraq has become a testing ground for the goods ill-made, the day of the largest importers and consumers, is pushing the neighboring countries on Iraqi politicians to enter their goods into the country in order to obtain hard currency, because, as internationally known, access to hard currency has become "complicated", so these countries work and some traders to put pressure on the government and the Iraqi politicians to enter the goods and the quantities Aldkhh those to the local market, which also led to the injury of many citizens of serious illness or even death as a result of consumption materials, poor manufacturing or expired entered Iraq through import unregulated.
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The Daini that one reason for the entry of goods is well-made is also the presence of five points along informally with Iran, which shares access to goods and merchandise at random, has significantly influenced the quality of the goods in market, in addition to the existence of financial corruption in some ports, the official border, which calls for tighter controls on them, despite the efforts made by the Ministries of Interior and planning to curb corruption at border crossing points.
She Daini: surprised a lot of quality imported materials, it was important to activate our industry instead of imports, we find today that the country imports everything, even bottled water, and the types of fruits and vegetables, while the country was ever of the best known exporters have, but it seems that traders are pushing heavily on state officials to open the doors of import wide open, and the disruption of laws customs tariff and the protection of the consumer and the manufacturer. and on these laws said Dani: pressures exerted so as not to see these laws, the light, as it affects the import process, and I confirm the information which refers to the presence of interference from neighboring countries and some traders adults to stop working out, but we hope to apply early next year until the organization of the import process without damaging the Iraqi economy.
and on the social implications of imposing the law of customs tariff to be applied beginning of the year 2012, said a member of the Economic Commission: will be applied stages so as not to hurt them on citizens due to high prices is expected, will begin with vegetables and fruits,
She said: When the announcement was made to initiate the imposition of customs tariffs, some traders to raise prices and the monopoly of many varieties to make a dislocation in the market and raise prices and this would serve a lot in profit or payment to thwart the law of customs tariff, which led to the postponement of its application to more than once.
The President of the Center for Market Research and Consumer Protection, Dr. Mona al-Musawi in an earlier statement it emphasized the need to enforce the law, but stressed the importance of developing the institutions of the General Authority for Customs before that to be able to control the border crossings are tightly, calling at the same time to work to repair the negative effects caused by the application of the policy of dumping that significantly affected the various productive sectors, particularly industrial.
Musawi said also: The postponement of the law was the result of the fear sum of the prices of imported materials, and this delay did not prevent the rise in prices by 20-50 percent During the period following the adjournment, inviting to take a set of actions for the promotion and the reality of productive industries and strategic and fundamental review schedules customs tariff, demanding at the same time not to impose any tax on food entering and drugs in order to take into account the largest possible proportion of Iraqis who are living below the line poverty and commensurate with the purchasing power of the consumer ..
She Moussawi importance of providing various types of financial and technical support for the industrial sector which is considered the largest sectors affected by the non-application of the law of customs tariffs, stressing that such support will address the negative impacts resulting from the failure to apply the law of tariffs and of the policy of dumping that paralyzed almost completely ports productivity in various economic sectors.
The first article in the door, the first law of customs that the fees are collected contained Alkmarki of imported goods in accordance with rates set forth in the schedules of tariff of customs duties and agricultural calendar attached to this law. and impose fees conductor; ticket man on the goods imported is contained in the agenda tariff of customs duties by not more than 20% of its value and of the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the Federal Minister of Finance amend this percentage for the same reasons contained in the item is the increase of customs temporary measure until the lifting of the causes of economic increase.
The Baghdad Chamber of Commerce called for, on 16 February, to freeze taxes for ten years and a review of all economic laws, calling for a genuine partnership with the private sector in the enactment of laws and regulations of the Iraqi economy, and supporting traders and industrialists by providing loans to them and urged them to create moles of commercial and large markets.
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