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Among the parliamentary and governmental demand by an average of the partial application of the Law of the customs tariff
Date: Monday 04/06/2012 8:18
Baghdad / follow-up term
s differing views among the parliamentary and government about the application of the law of the customs tariff on time, between opponents and supporters, as some have suggested other solutions and intermediate for the application of partial on some imported materials unnecessary stressing that the law is important for the protection of the domestic product, although its impact is expected on prices .
She said a member of the Economic Commission Attorney Nora Albjara (of the Agency news): Can not apply the system entirely on the materials and imported goods because it will affect the Iraqi consumer in terms of increasing commodity prices in the market.
She Albjara: that the productive sectors in Iraq is still not activated either industrial, agricultural, because of not giving the key role of the actor to the private sector to work to bridge the needs of the country of local products.
She: You must be applied customs tariff in part any imposed on the materials necessary for the country (Chalskaúr, alcohol and other accessories) are excluded from vegetables, fruits, and some electrical appliances needed by the Iraqi citizen, because the standard of living of an individual is limited and the price increase will adversely affect his income financial.
called on to think about how to make economic sectors producing and then be thinking about how to protect them. The Law on customs tariff passed by the House of Representatives to repeal the tariff number (77 ) for the year 1955, and ordered the Coalition Provisional Authority (dissolved) No. (54) for the year 2004 (the policy of trade liberalization of 2004), and ordered the CPA No. (38) for the year 2003 (tax the reconstruction of Iraq and its amendments). and confirms the law that does not work with any instructions or regulations conflict with its provisions.
For his part, warned analyst Ibrahim al-Mashhadani, the application of the law of customs tariff without a local product meet the needs of the country of it and compete with imports from abroad.
Mashhadani said (of the Agency news): shall be exempt material is available in the country from customs duties until do not affect the Iraqi consumer inflation as well as on the country in terms of higher prices. He added that some traders will take advantage of the system to increase the prices double in the local markets. He called the Council of Ministers in its session of (22) House of Representatives to postpone the application of the law of customs tariff until the completion of procedures, tools and means of application of the law provides that the Ministry of Finance practical reasons and technical unjustified to wait and the time limit is required to postpone the application of the law.
so criticized by the Economic Commission Deputy Amir winning the government's decision Calm down with the law of customs tariff, noting that the law has been postponed twice and We give the government (6) months to complete the procedures of the full law-related.
The Winner: The law is very necessary for the Iraqi economy because it will reduce the dumping of commodity products of foreign and will protect the local product, accusing the executive branch their exposure to the pressures of by neighboring countries to postpone the work system as a beneficiary of Iraq by exporting their goods to him.
For his part, rejected by the Economic Commission deputy Abdul-Hussein Resan postponing the implementation of the law of the customs tariff schedule set for the protection of the domestic product, pointing out that its different opinion about the implementation of the law after the government called for delay it.
He stressed that many of the owners of industrial plants in Iraq are demanding the imposition of customs tariff in order to protect their product, indicating that the law had previously been postponed three times by the government as a result of the presence of internal and external pressures from local merchants as well as by exporters.
identified the Ministry of Finance on 16 February 2012 the end of June, the date for the direct tariff customs for all goods entering Iraq to support the production, industry, local agriculture and the reduction of dumping bad. and the law provides for the levy of custom on imported goods, not included in the table of tariffs customs duties, by no more than ( 20%) of its value, to be exempt samples and models that are not of commercial value, from customs duties, and took into account the law in the application of its provisions, the facilities afforded by the Investment Law No. (13) for the year 2006, as amended, on goods imported for investment projects exclusively, and comes in order to attract the maximum amount of investment companies and businessmen to work in Iraq. The law gives the Council of Ministers the right to amend the drawing Alkmarki provided in the table of tariff of customs duties and agricultural calendar attached to this law in urgent circumstances to the need for economic and monetary warrant to take protective measures or treatment.
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