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Claims not to raise customs tariffs on foreign crops entering Iraq
BAGHDAD / Baghdadi News / .. General Federation of Iraqi peasant associations called on the Federal Government, on Wednesday, not to raise customs tariffs on foreign agricultural products entering Iraq to Stlhakh of heavy losses Iraqi peasants.
The head of the General Union of peasant associations Nassif Hassan al-Tamimi's / Baghdadi News / "The work of customs tariff is very necessary," and urged the federal government to "not filed for foreign inflows crops to Iraq."
Tamimi added that "the lifting of tariffs would cause big losses peasants, and will become the Iraqi farmers unable to cultivate their land for fear of the loss of production as a result of the tyranny of foreign crops in the Iraqi market."
He said, "The flow of foreign goods is very large resulting in lower domestic prices of the product," likely to "leave the peasant agriculture, which would severely damage the Iraqi economy, in the event of continuing it on this case."
He was president of the Union hoped to "do the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of the government, to take quick decisions and not to raise the customs tariff for the time being."
Proposal, which was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of Jordan on the reduction of customs levied on cars loaded with agricultural product, saying: "The Minister of Agriculture, Jordan said he will be agreed between the Jordanian-Iraqi governments, about the reduction of customs on cars loaded with agricultural product (from US $ 2200 to US $ 700), and rejected and we do not accept this. "
He continued, "Of course, this decision will have negative consequences on the agricultural Iraqi reality", calling on the Iraqi government to "increase taxes on agricultural products entering into Iraq, to open up the opportunity for the advancement of local peasant agriculture."
Tamimi pointed out that "Agriculture is the foundation to secure living slice of Iraqi society that are peasants slice" .onthy 21 / N
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BAGHDAD / Baghdadi News / .. General Federation of Iraqi peasant associations called on the Federal Government, on Wednesday, not to raise customs tariffs on foreign agricultural products entering Iraq to Stlhakh of heavy losses Iraqi peasants.
The head of the General Union of peasant associations Nassif Hassan al-Tamimi's / Baghdadi News / "The work of customs tariff is very necessary," and urged the federal government to "not filed for foreign inflows crops to Iraq."
Tamimi added that "the lifting of tariffs would cause big losses peasants, and will become the Iraqi farmers unable to cultivate their land for fear of the loss of production as a result of the tyranny of foreign crops in the Iraqi market."
He said, "The flow of foreign goods is very large resulting in lower domestic prices of the product," likely to "leave the peasant agriculture, which would severely damage the Iraqi economy, in the event of continuing it on this case."
He was president of the Union hoped to "do the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of the government, to take quick decisions and not to raise the customs tariff for the time being."
Proposal, which was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of Jordan on the reduction of customs levied on cars loaded with agricultural product, saying: "The Minister of Agriculture, Jordan said he will be agreed between the Jordanian-Iraqi governments, about the reduction of customs on cars loaded with agricultural product (from US $ 2200 to US $ 700), and rejected and we do not accept this. "
He continued, "Of course, this decision will have negative consequences on the agricultural Iraqi reality", calling on the Iraqi government to "increase taxes on agricultural products entering into Iraq, to open up the opportunity for the advancement of local peasant agriculture."
Tamimi pointed out that "Agriculture is the foundation to secure living slice of Iraqi society that are peasants slice" .onthy 21 / N
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