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05/21/2014 11:43
Tomorrow's Press / Baghdad confirmed specialists, Wednesday, on the importance of the Iraqi government to apply the tariff law after law met with many delays, noting that an economic resource will be applied to Iraq, as well as it will prevent the entry of goods and shoddy goods to the country.
The agent said the Ministry of Planning Mahdi Keywords for "tomorrow's Press," that "there is objective justification for the imposition of the tariff law, including the promotion of the national product and protect it and to subject merchandise and goods entering Iraq to more scrutiny for the intervention only goods good citizen," adding that "it is unfortunate that postpones law by the government, but we hope that the law is applied as soon as possible to the economic importance of the country and the citizen. "
He explained that "the imposition of tariffs on goods and commodities is not necessarily intended to achieve revenues of the state, but it has positive aspects of health and the economy in general, as well as the law in the event of a dish, it will not be applied to all materials and goods Rhodotorula, but there will be exceptions for some goods like commodities food and medical supplies, as well as all the commodity its own fees. "
He Keywords that "luxury goods, which will be available instead of local goods will be imposed by the fees," pointing out that "the application of the tariff offer more than once for the delay, there are some goods few applied the tariff, but the character of the tariff is not applicable time has come to be applied, because of the importance and benefits of the country and the citizen and the local industry and maintaining the public health. "
For its part, said a member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Nora Albjara, "The tariff law make him a lot of adjustments and after that we got to apply the law the government to postpone this law, because the atmosphere of the country is suitable for the application of the law now," indicating that "the Economic Commission wanted to apply the tariff law in earnest in order to serve the citizens, because in the event of the application of tariff law will be most of the goods needed by the citizen does not exist. "
She's "Tomorrow's Press," that "Iraq lacks factories and locally manufactured goods and the application of the tariff will disappear many goods and commodities important to the citizen, but in economic terms, the law must be applied, but not on the materials needed by the citizens are necessary", pointing out that "food excluded in tariff law so as not to affect the citizens."
Confirmed Albjara that "Iraq today need to implement this important law, which constitutes the lifeblood of many countries evolving economic first to encourage domestic production and secondly to reduce the entry of goods shoddy entering the country, because Iraq today has become a market for goods shoddy that come from different countries and which affect the the country's economy and the lives and health of citizens, "adding that" unfortunately the country at the moment is not formatted for the application of tariff law to the absence of appropriate ground for him. "
She a member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives that "the political situation prevailed in Iraq on all sectors and negatively affected by it is of interest to more than the rest of the institutions and the important sectors," pointing out that "the country needs laws and other legislation promotes the economic situation, because the current parliament is the other weighed down by problems and political differences. "
As an economics professor, Dr. Peace Menem, opines that "the tariff law is very important and has great benefits for the Iraqi economy and the citizen which is in force in all countries of the world and is a lifeline for some of them," stressing that "the application of the law would have economic returns great for the country, thanks to border crossings and ports located in Iraq and the ones that go into the various goods and commodities from different countries. "
He told "tomorrow Press", "The law will protect the national industry as well as it would limit the entry of inferior goods, which have become supplied to Iraq, which most of them from the origins of Chinese," explaining that "the country is now ready for the application of tariff law there is no need to postpone it."
He stressed conditioner on "the importance of the coming period would witness the application of this law fully and not hold on as the work done before period, because the application sectional lose law value and will be laggard," calling on "the government to speed the application of the law because of the importance and usefulness of the country and citizens and to encourage the domestic industry."
He conditioner that "the application of the tariff would make the government is moving towards interest factories and local production of goods and the national competition of imported as well as the operation of the hand was also a factor in these factories, that show the importance of tariff law in most sectors, it encourages local product and develops and operates labor and prevents the entry of inferior goods and contributes the economic resources of the country, as well as keeps the public health. "
The Council of Ministers decided, on the seventh of January last, modify its previous decision and implementation of the tariff in stages, and between it will not include food, construction, clothing, agricultural supplies and materials related to local industries, but that dozens of traders and importers of goods demonstrated in the port Safwan border west Basra province, last January, in protest against the application of the tariff law, and stressed that the resolution in its current form would hurt the citizens, as he emphasized that economists applied the exceptions include the food, and the reduction of import shoddy materials imported to the country.
Referred to the Minister of Finance and serenity net debt agency said, in the second of January last, in the port of Umm Qasr that his ministry will begin the implementation of the cabinet decision on implementation of the tariff law, and the imposition of duties on goods that are provided through the border crossings different, pointing out that Some goods that contribute to the activation of the agricultural sector and the industrial and investment would be exempt from the fees.
It also should be noted that some lawmakers invited earlier in the central government to review the decision of the application of the tariff law in the Cabinet meeting the next, because the application of this law will increase the suffering of the citizens and to weigh his shoulders and he needs an economic plan thought out to avoid the effects of it at this time.
The representative of the reference in Najaf, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai student, on the tenth of January last year, the central government develop a comprehensive study, objective and investigation of the feasibility of the application of the customs tariff law and the possibility of achieving his goals, "and wondered," Is that the industrial and agricultural sectors are capable of bridging the market need of industrial and agricultural goods and foreign competition under the current circumstances.
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