Experts: port tariff law to rotate the wheel production

Experts: port tariff law to rotate the wheel production



13/04/2013 12:00 am

Because of its importance in activating economic sectors
BAGHDAD - Hussein Tgb Tamimi
A number of experts stressed the importance of the economy to find a suitable mechanism for the application of tariff law and its role in activating the local production wheel, made these remarks at the time confirmed the General Administration of Customs for its inability to adopt a law at the present time due to technical reasons and administrative.

Iraqi Prime industrial assembly Abdul Hassan Shammari said in an interview for the (morning) that the Iraqi economy need to activate all the productive sectors stalled for decades to achieve real development through which access to a new stage on the road to productivity renaissance, pointing out that this matter can not be achieved in the absence of a tariff Kmarkip and opening up domestic markets to foreign goods without effective oversight.

Shammari proposed mechanism for the application of tariff law imposed fees include gradually on certain types of goods entering into the country that can be manufactured in local plants, and that this contributes to a certain extent in the activation of local production gradually energy down to the truth of our production capabilities will then be then to study the actual need of the goods and other import ratio needed by our local markets.
The trade expert Hassan Sheikh said: that the tariff law need and supported in all countries and contributes greatly to the protection of local products, noting that Hmpayh domestic product comes through the imposition of tariffs, as well as local consumer protection which should provide him with goods efficiently checked by hardware standardization and quality control. Stressing that not hearing the indiscriminate importation of inferior goods contributes to the activation of the local production of wheel he creates an atmosphere of competition, as our domestic production knew during the past Pettmtah periods quality specifications that match the best global industries.

Conversations specialists came after the Iraqi Customs Authority apologized for the application of the Tariff Act in the moment and to technical and administrative reasons. Were considered the most important obstacles and problems that prevent the implementation of the Tariff Act during a meeting of the Finance Committee with parliamentary Director General of the Customs Authority Haidar Abdul Amir and after a long discussion included a lot of questions and queries raised by the members of the Committee on the results of the report of the Committee headed by Director General of the Commission to discuss the possibility of the application or fragmented progress of the law, and what schedule for the body to get to the full implementation and the real law. director said body can not apply the Tariff Act of technical reasons, administrative and should cooperate parties chock other such (Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Planning , the Department of Defense) with the authority to implement it.

He must request the original documents certified by the importers and exporters by encouraging stakeholders to develop working methods and accuracy required to update the regulatory mechanisms granted import and export license.

And called on the Director General of the Authority to allocate a budget for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure for Customs and border crossing points through the state budget and the need to solve the problem of border crossing points to the Kurdistan region, considering that federal customs issue

For his part, al-Abadi said the parliamentary Finance Committee has a lot of observations and opinions on the above-mentioned law, which will be recorded in the report of the Committee prepared on the law for submission to the House of Representatives in the near future. According to the statement: It was agreed to host representatives (Ministry of Commerce, the Committee on Economic Affairs in the Council of Ministers, the Directorate of border crossings, and the Ministry of the Interior, and the participation of the General Administration of Customs) in the headquarters of the Commission soon to discuss the law.

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