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Dozens of traders and workers in ports protesting new customs tariff decision
8/6/2015
Tomorrow/Basra: knocked out dozens of traders and customs brokers and port workers Safwan border south of Basra, Wednesday, to protest the application of the decision to lift the tariffs and the new tax on all goods entering Iraq. One of the organizers, said Saleh Al-sharifi "tomorrow" to "raise tariffs from 5% to 35% on all goods will lead to loss of the simple citizen", stating "was most notable characteristic as politicians as global tariff system in Iraq in Exchange for the provision of services". He asked "how important the new tax and tariff if the country suffers from a lack of and poor in all the services, Ministry of finance and the General Administration of customs and the local government in Basra" to stand with the citizens first as only affected this decision, while the wait at apply to stabilize the security situation and improving services and creating alternative through industrial and agricultural realities. " The protesters refused to implement the new tariff decision in southern ports including the Safwan border south of Basra without being in Kurdish saying ports should be neutral and not dealing with duplication by the Central Government, threatening sit-ins open and close to the port that is not responsive to their demands to undo the decision or wait at apply The demonstrators said that the port of Safwan sluggish and non-entry of trucks and cargo that came from Kuwait and the Gulf countries since the first of the month
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8/6/2015
Tomorrow/Basra: knocked out dozens of traders and customs brokers and port workers Safwan border south of Basra, Wednesday, to protest the application of the decision to lift the tariffs and the new tax on all goods entering Iraq. One of the organizers, said Saleh Al-sharifi "tomorrow" to "raise tariffs from 5% to 35% on all goods will lead to loss of the simple citizen", stating "was most notable characteristic as politicians as global tariff system in Iraq in Exchange for the provision of services". He asked "how important the new tax and tariff if the country suffers from a lack of and poor in all the services, Ministry of finance and the General Administration of customs and the local government in Basra" to stand with the citizens first as only affected this decision, while the wait at apply to stabilize the security situation and improving services and creating alternative through industrial and agricultural realities. " The protesters refused to implement the new tariff decision in southern ports including the Safwan border south of Basra without being in Kurdish saying ports should be neutral and not dealing with duplication by the Central Government, threatening sit-ins open and close to the port that is not responsive to their demands to undo the decision or wait at apply The demonstrators said that the port of Safwan sluggish and non-entry of trucks and cargo that came from Kuwait and the Gulf countries since the first of the month
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