Iraq denies Jordanian goods exempt from customs tax

Iraq denies Jordanian goods exempt from customs tax


 Baghdad / Peace Zidane

Denied a member of the Iraqi - Jordanian Joint Committee, Ali al - Saadi, that Iraq has Jordanian goods exempted from customs tax, stressing that the Iraqi side refused a Jordanian request to that effect to protect the domestic product and operations in order to avoid potential corruption.
Held in Baghdad on 19 and 20 of this month, the work of the twenty - seventh session of the Iraqi Joint Commission - Jordan, the parties which agreed to grant Jordanian companies, approvals for the processing of food imported by the Iraqi Ministry of Commerce within the ration card, and facilitate the registration of Jordanian medicine in Iraq and the speed of procedures the results of the analysis of Jordanian medicines issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Health laboratories, and activating the work of the Jordanian - Iraqi Company for industry and speed up procedures for direct implementation of the oil and gas connecting line to the port of Aqaba.
He said al - Saadi , who serves as president of the Iraqi Federation of Industries , in an interview for "term", said that "Jordan asked Iraq in the talks, exempting Jordanian goods from customs duties, but we turned it down, " noting that " the exemption of Jordanian goods from Alcomerk tax will destroy national industry and it will use it by bringing corrupt Chinese goods bar and paste it shows it is a Jordanian industry, and after being introduced to Iraq. "
He added that "Iraqi officials assured the Jordanians that the country is committed to applying the local product protection and activate the role of the national industry , " noting that "also discussed the Trebil border crossing between the two countries."
In the meantime, he said a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Minerals Abdul Razak Abdul Wahid for "term", said that " the Iraqi - Jordanian negotiations last held in Baghdad, resulted in several agreements concerning the industry and trade land and air transport", stressing that " the Jordanian side was interested in the necessity of opening Trebil border and promised Iraq inaugurated soon. "
He stressed that "Jordan raised the issue of exempting his goods from Alcomerk tax, but Iraqi officials refused to do so, because it will open the doors to other countries calling for exempting their goods , " adding that "Iraq asked Jordan to know the production capacity of its plants with a view to agreeing on a specific mechanism through a decision issued by senior Iraqi officials , "noting that" Iraq called Jordan, the need for investment through investment opportunities , which currently stands at 125 chance ", and pointed out that" Iraq agreed with Jordan, the need for the exchange of experiences between the two countries in the issues that the development of industry and domestic product ". Iraq decided last April to impose a tax year , 30% on Jordanian goods. Jordan also severely damaged after the closure Trebil border between the two countries.
For his part, the Jordanian delegation member Fathi Jaghbir "We have provided Iraq lists of goods to be exempted from customs duties, and asked Baghdad to provide us the Jordanian energy production plants that want to export their products to Iraq so they can be studied and exempted from fees."
Jaghbir added that " the Chambers of Industry will supply Iraq energy production plants of Jordan, with the beginning of next May, likely issuance of final approval from Iraq to receive Jordanian - exempt goods from customs duties and one month after they receive the list of production capacity of the factories of Jordan, which means that export to Iraq goods exempt of customs duties will begin next June. "
Jaghbir stressed that " the Iraqi authorities are seeking every effort to open the crossing at the earliest, and they put forward a tender to secure the road from Trebil crossing to Baghdad made him two companies are foreign, likely that, the flow of goods between the two sides with the next June Solutions movement begins, the need for some roads and bridges maintenance , in addition to securing the road and ensure the safety of passengers and goods. "
In the same context, he commented professor of economics Mustansiriya University, Maitham Laibi, saying that " the Jordanian Iraqi agreement on the tax on goods Jordanian, is part of the organization of customs tariff law, and to prevent duplication with the Arab Convention on issues of Arab origin goods that are subject to the exemption of custom, which is the cause of the problem with which the tariff under which those goods are subject to a tariff law. "
And he saw that "on the Iraqi side of the formation of a good team of real representatives of the private sector concerned, not only a government team, and not to be drawn in absolute terms with such lists and tax exemption."
He noted that "Iraq will remain in need of hard work in the field of customs tariff, and subject to the philosophy of the state in order to strengthen the competitive base of local production and promote non - oil exports building."


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