Saleh: Iraq's loss of grain during the period of occupation is more than three million tons

Saleh: Iraq's loss of grain during the period of occupation is more than three million tons


 Baghdad / Zahraa al-Jassim

The financial adviser to Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi said that the loss of Iraq's agricultural production during the period of occupation of some regions exceeded three million tons of grain, while its GDP was affected by 15%, while expecting domestic production in 2018 growth force The Iraqi Central Bank announced that the organization "Daash" seized 856 billion dinars and about 101 million dollars, and that the Iraqi banking system was exposed after the events of June 15, 2014, to a major setback Due to the control of gangs calling on nearly 121 Of branches of government and private banks, including the branch of the Central Bank of Iraq.

The financial adviser says the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in an interview with (the range), that Iraq has lost one million tons of grain annually of agricultural production during the last three years to occupy the preacher of the terrorist to some of the Iraqi provinces, adding: the terrorist occupation Dahesi concentrated in the area of ​​grain belt before the liberation of Mosul, The area where Dima or the so-called north of the rain line is planted, which has greatly affected the grain production in that area.
Saleh added: In terms of crude oil resources, terrorism used the old or inactive oil fields and the oil market in limited quantities, before it smuggled across the border, both from the area of ​​Qayyarah previously or other areas before the liberation by the military forces, But the sharp fall in oil prices in 2016 lost terrorism from a source of quick revenues and accelerated its economic fall, while the national oil production remained far from the effects of terrorism, except the affected oil pipeline through Kirkuk - Ceyhan, which temporarily disrupted the existence of part of the pipeline in areas Military operations against terrorism, which we expect to run soon after the complete liberation of Nineveh.
In general, the real GDP of Iraq was affected by 15% due to the occupation of the Iraqi cities, which caused its subversive effects on the economic activity in the areas and towns it occupied. At the same time, he expected that the GDP of Iraq in 2018 Added growth force after liberation and increased stability, construction and reconstruction.
The Central Bank announced in a statement received (range) a copy of it, that the organization "Daash" Has seized 856 billion dinars and about 101 million dollars, pointing to take precautionary measures to protect the banking and financial sector during the period of control of the organization.
The bank said in its statement that "the Iraqi banking system was exposed after the events of June 15, 2014, a major setback because of the control of gangs calling on three provinces are Nineveh, Anbar and Salahuddin, in addition to important parts of the province of Diyala," noting that " About 121 branches of government and private banks, including the branch of the Central Bank of Iraq.
The statement added that " Estimates in the light of the latest financial situation of the branches of the banks controlled by the dues, stating that the total amounts were estimated at the amount of 856 billion dinars, in addition to that about 101 million dollars, and most of these deposits belong to government departments and provincial projects within the budget in 2014 , Including the assets of the ministries of defense and interior, and the balances belonging to the sons of minorities from Christians, Yazidis, Shabak, Turkomans and all other Islamic sects and sects, in addition to the balances of some small local companies whose owners left these cities because of the war and the occupation of their areas.
The bank said that "
The pressure has worsened on the banking system after the acquisition of the Kurdistan Regional Government on deposits in the branches of the Central Bank affiliated to the Ministry of Finance of the region, which is estimated at 5 trillion dinars, about 50% to the Iraqi Trade Bank, and the other half to more than 80 branches of private banks, To the foreign banks operating in Iraq " He pointed out that" the organization has taken large sums of money since the imposition of control over large areas of Nineveh in June 2014, as the income of the organization of two billion dollars a year, making it one of the richest organizations at the time, "explaining that "Cheerleader has become rich through the sale of the owl Which is obtained from Iraq and Syria, while not be disclosed who is buying the oil that he steals and urging him to flee to various countries "The
bank stressed that"
The daily proceeds of the organization of an advocate of the sale of illegal oil of about two million dollars for the sale of 30 thousand barrels per day, where the price of a barrel of black gold in the organization between 25 - 50 dollars before the decline in oil prices in the past. " Precautionary measures to protect the banking and financial sector during the period of control over banks and companies, including the suspension of activity branches of banks and non-bank financial companies located in the provinces of Mosul, Salah al-Din and Diyala, Anbar and prevent the transfer or supply in foreign currency through the window and stop the participation of branches of sucks Irv and non-bank financial companies in the electronic clearing system and payment system in general and located in these provinces, in addition to other actions taken by the bank.


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