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How traders enter their goods to Iraq?
Friday 11 July 2014 11:47
Qurtas News / Baghdad
Events suffered by the province of Nineveh, and some other cities, did not leave the opportunity for importers Iraqis to move their goods through the ports located in, forcing them to wire different ways and difficult to make high imported materials is normal, according to traders, the government believes that the facilities provided by the traders will keep rates on what it is, except for those materials that are not considered essential in the lives of everyday citizens.
Abu Mahdi al-Khalidi - one importers of foodstuffs from Turkey said that "the past few weeks we were to too great a loss because of Imports for large amounts of food that is supposed to come from Turkey and enter through the Kurdistan region through the province of Nineveh, and then to the capital Baghdad and other provinces, but events security, kept the trucks parked. "
He said al-Khalidi told the "Qurtas News" that "Ahahanat stayed for weeks near the border city of Mosul, the very availability of roads impassable," pointing to "the existence of two crossings, the first through the Khanaqin in Diyala province, and then to enter Baghdad and the second entry into Iranian territory and then to the port Zurbatiyah in Wasit province, and then to Baghdad. "
He said al-Khalidi, "The Wire those roads cost us money often forced us to raise the prices of imported goods, even underestimate our losses, even a fraction," stressing that they "appreciate the extent of the damage on the citizens but delayed government agencies to help them was the reason to raise prices."
For his part, sees peace Ibrahim - Importer clothes that "security events affected the Iraqi market dramatically, where we can not import the clothes well because the transport routes is costing us a lot of money", pointing out that they are "They can not raise the prices of goods, for fear of legal liability" .
According to Ibrahim's "Qurtas News" said, "These things made them looking for a market other than Turkish, Jordanian," noting that "Turkish goods markets have been filled, but the recent security incidents, undone the Iraqi market of those goods significantly."
These events have made the General Authority for Customs stopped the process of trade with Turkey, with the exception of contracts with the Kurdistan region and this was confirmed by the Director General of the flash Khaled, who pointed out that "the performance of border crossings in the reception of goods from the Turks, dropped significantly."
He said Khalid in a statement to "Qurtas News" that "80 percent of the goods and commodities and equipment, whether governmental or private-sector, was coming into the Kurdistan region via the Turkish and then supplied to Baghdad and other provinces across the road, but the security situation halted that process fully. "
He continued, Khalid said that "the perpetrators of Rabia and newborn stopped working with them and Bata are not eligible to trade at the present time because of the difficult security situation."
He added that "stopped working outlets North, has increased the volume of goods imported to the ports of South (graying and Shalamcheh and Zurbatiyah) increased by 300% from what it was previously," denying "the existence of foot-dragging or disruptions in the transportation of goods from any country because of Iraq's possession to the border ports of various provinces, which have the capacity in terms of personnel and the equipment to receive the goods in large quantities without hesitation or slow. "
And about the ports of Western "Newborn and Trebil," said Vice Chairman of the Board of Anbar province, Saleh al-Issawi said that "Trebil port currently receives goods sometimes as high as 150 200 trucks per day, and this is a good percentage in these circumstances," referring to "stop port newborn from work because of the situation Security taking place in neighboring Syria. "
The Ministry of Planning and emphasized on the tongue agent Minister Mahdi Keywords that "the government has stressed the need to provide all the facilities in the ports and the ports of the country to receive the goods, goods, equipment, vegetables, fruits and food."
He added: Keywords in a statement for "Qurtas News" that "the continuation of obtaining the customs tariff on non-essential and approved by the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Finance and the General Authority for Customs to upholding citizen's life are not considered a problem for importers and traders in the current circumstances."
And between the Keywords that "working outlets southern and western border is generally good, with the facilities provided by the Government for importers, denying him what he was talking about some of the difficulties and problems in the reception of goods.
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