Crises of the neighboring countries cast a shadow on the country's economy
On: Tuesday 14/2/2012 8:41
□ Baghdad / term follow-up
confirmed Center for Market Research and Consumer Protection that the economic crisis to neighboring countries impacted negatively on the national economy, pointing out that neighboring countries share a country with its crises.
adviser said the Center for Market Research and Consumer Protection Salem Al-Bayati's "Twilight News"
"The crises in both Iran and Syria are supposed to be in the interest of the country and its economy through exports to those countries and access to hard currency, pointing to the absence of economic policy successful, which in turn re-read the crises of other countries. Al-Bayati said," when the sanctions and crises in neighboring countries should be to those concerned in the country to take advantage of these crises, noting that in the past, Iraq's neighboring countries to benefit at the time the sanctions as it became the outlets for the supply as it was in Syria and Jordan. "
and pointed out that "Iraq is unable to supply products to neighboring countries and the exploitation of crisis because it does not have agriculture and industry but more than that is open to those countries, which allows them to share the crisis with Iraq. "
The al-Bayati that "the lack of production capacity to keep the country's economy one-sided and dependent on oil sales, pointing out that some neighboring countries were able to pump a lot of products in the nineties the past to Iraq after exposure to an international package of sanctions following its invasion of Kuwait. And Iraq was exporting some products before international isolation, such as dates and some leather, Tobacco, canned food, as well as prescription drugs and other products as well as food and oil. Iraq needs. "
Iraq relies with the present mainly on the oil at a time when agriculture and industry declined due to flood the market with goods imported.
and tries to Iraqi officials re national production, but their attempts often collide allocations, bureaucracy, administrative and financial corruption in many government institutions. Economist suggests the formation of the out of politics, sectarianism and suggested al-Bayati's (Olokulhalabaria news): the need to form a supreme council an independent economic affairs of the country to develop the economy and raising its standards. indicating the absence of the elements of economic development.
He Bayati to the lack of integrated plans promote the economic sectors attributing this to the absence of policy obvious economic that are in line with all matters of state.
He added, must be the formation of the top independent consultant is free from political figures and leads to factionalism and sectarian includes a selection of academics and specialists of economic affairs away from political conflicts to develop feasible solutions for the advancement of the national economy, like some countries in the region of part A member of the Economic Commission exposure of Iraq to pressure from the neighboring country not to activate the tariff law, pointing out that it will activate the law in the sixth month of the year.
A member of the Economic Commission Mahma Khalil's "Twilight News" that "after the enactment of the tariff was the government must activate in order to does not rely on oil revenues only, as well as to enter the well-known origin and quality as well, "noting that" the government argue not to activate the high prices of materials in the market, which negatively affects the citizens of Iraq. "
Khelil said that "there is pressure from neighboring countries and traders not to activate the tariff law in Iraq, "noting that his committee" met with a Minister, has announced that the pressures and the advent of two ministers from a neighboring country, one of them demanded access to all materials in general and the other students to enter the products of vegetables and fruits in particular. "Khalilzad said that" to activate the law entitlement national, and no country in the world that works without activation of the customs, "stressing that" after conducting the House of Representatives amendments to the paragraphs in the tariff law became the government is obliged to activate the tariff law in the sixth month of this year. "
The House of Representatives has been initiated tariff law, last year, to stop dumping toxic origin, and to support the local product, and reduce the phenomenon of unemployment prevailing in the country.
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