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Customs tariff continued controversy among the southern provinces and the Center
2015-05-17 10: 43
Tomorrow press Baghdad: effects of the decision of the Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari customs tariff act on border crossings in the Central and southern governorates great resentment, and some provinces have refused to publicly enforce the law, while the Kurdistan Iraq's request to wait for two months before applying it to the border.
In Iraq, there are approximately 14 border ports, many of which are just 10 last June outside State control, and would impose a 20 percent tax Baghdad on all goods entering the country if applied the Act.
Official spokesman said Basra Governorate Council Ahmad Al-Sulaiti said "federal customs tariff law and must be applied to all border crossing points without exception one port, but that its application would be only on the Central and southern governorates without covering the Western prefectures and Kurdistan." Carlos said that "the economic feasibility of the customs tariff law disappear when applied in the current format, because the importer will go to border crossings that do not impose a tariff, thus the Central and southern governorates ascertains injustice, and high commodity prices."
He noted that the customs tariff funds belong to the provinces where there is a border, not the property of all the Iraqi people like oil as stated in law 21 of the District Councils.
The Government has not applied customs tariff when the enormous financial resources, while applied in the time of austerity and recession faced by the country. Iraq faces severe financial distress as a result of declining oil revenues and rising spending by the financing requirements of the Islamic war against State regulation.
On the other hand, said a member of Parliament's Economic Committee, Najib said the Government was smart, "reflected in the application of the customs tariff law more than once, as it was hoped to apply in 2010 but continued delays and not Parliament to do so."
The Government announced in 2014, the law will be applied gradually, but applied so far, and there is no truth to the port exception of customs tariff covered by.
The customs body said that it is difficult to enforce the law at present because all ports controlled by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of finance, adding that there are outlets outside the control of the Government in control of the Organization of the State, noting that the Kurdistan region is ready to apply the law and complete all procedures related to the law.
And economic information Center Director Daniel m. Federal Customs tariff law, if applied to federal committees overseeing work at all border crossings, including the ports of northern Iraq.
According to the Customs Department to justify the non-application of the law since the year 2010 that the State does not control all border crossings, that corruption will rise due to poor control of the crossings.
The economics professor at Mustansiriyah University maytham winfred tariff Act "required modification in texts from Parliament to meet with current and future stage," adding that it is possible to conduct workshops and make proposals that can push forward the law was being applied to a limited number of goods in the first stage.
Winfred said that in order to avoid controversy over the application of the tariff act on ports and other exception contemplated imposing tariffs on foreign currency sold by the Central Bank to traders, given that most of the available quantity of foreign exchange to cover the import operations.
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2015-05-17 10: 43
Tomorrow press Baghdad: effects of the decision of the Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari customs tariff act on border crossings in the Central and southern governorates great resentment, and some provinces have refused to publicly enforce the law, while the Kurdistan Iraq's request to wait for two months before applying it to the border.
In Iraq, there are approximately 14 border ports, many of which are just 10 last June outside State control, and would impose a 20 percent tax Baghdad on all goods entering the country if applied the Act.
Official spokesman said Basra Governorate Council Ahmad Al-Sulaiti said "federal customs tariff law and must be applied to all border crossing points without exception one port, but that its application would be only on the Central and southern governorates without covering the Western prefectures and Kurdistan." Carlos said that "the economic feasibility of the customs tariff law disappear when applied in the current format, because the importer will go to border crossings that do not impose a tariff, thus the Central and southern governorates ascertains injustice, and high commodity prices."
He noted that the customs tariff funds belong to the provinces where there is a border, not the property of all the Iraqi people like oil as stated in law 21 of the District Councils.
The Government has not applied customs tariff when the enormous financial resources, while applied in the time of austerity and recession faced by the country. Iraq faces severe financial distress as a result of declining oil revenues and rising spending by the financing requirements of the Islamic war against State regulation.
On the other hand, said a member of Parliament's Economic Committee, Najib said the Government was smart, "reflected in the application of the customs tariff law more than once, as it was hoped to apply in 2010 but continued delays and not Parliament to do so."
The Government announced in 2014, the law will be applied gradually, but applied so far, and there is no truth to the port exception of customs tariff covered by.
The customs body said that it is difficult to enforce the law at present because all ports controlled by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of finance, adding that there are outlets outside the control of the Government in control of the Organization of the State, noting that the Kurdistan region is ready to apply the law and complete all procedures related to the law.
And economic information Center Director Daniel m. Federal Customs tariff law, if applied to federal committees overseeing work at all border crossings, including the ports of northern Iraq.
According to the Customs Department to justify the non-application of the law since the year 2010 that the State does not control all border crossings, that corruption will rise due to poor control of the crossings.
The economics professor at Mustansiriyah University maytham winfred tariff Act "required modification in texts from Parliament to meet with current and future stage," adding that it is possible to conduct workshops and make proposals that can push forward the law was being applied to a limited number of goods in the first stage.
Winfred said that in order to avoid controversy over the application of the tariff act on ports and other exception contemplated imposing tariffs on foreign currency sold by the Central Bank to traders, given that most of the available quantity of foreign exchange to cover the import operations.
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