Customs set February 17 as the date for the consolidation of customs duties at all ports

On Friday, the General Customs Authority issued a special statement on the implementation of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (13) for the year 2019 concerning the standardization of procedures and customs duties at the level of all border ports, pointing out that the date of commencement of standardization of procedures and fees with the Kurdistan region will be effective February 17.

The Authority, in a statement read by "Economy News", "The General Authority for Customs and Federal Customs of the Kurdistan region will begin to implement the resolution as of Sunday, 17 February 2019, which is considered an important step to regulate trade and import and export activities," noting that " Customs tariff at all border crossings, including the ports of the Kurdistan region (Pervez Khan, Bashmakh, Ibrahim Khalil, Haj Omran, Erbil airport, Sulaymaniyah airport).

The decision also included "the adoption of a unified customs declaration (customs declaration) in Arabic and Kurdish according to the customs law," stressing that "all border ports in the provinces and the region comply with the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers on the protection of national product and agricultural calendar."

The decision referred to "the commitment of all border ports in the provinces and the region to implement their part in the international agreements signed between the Republic of Iraq and other countries, especially with regard to customs exemption, and the abolition of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (186) for the year 2018 on the clearance of containers on the volume of containers and return to the contexts Approved in accordance with the law. "

It also included "the abolition of the current customs points in both (Fayda) (Shiroh - north of Kirkuk) and (Lilan - east of Kirkuk)."

The Commission affirms that "the decision came to support the private sector through the realization of the principle of fairness in the imposition of fees and to encourage competition between companies on the basis of quality and services in the light of the equal costs among all with the offer that the decision included a significant reduction in imports and the proportion of customs duties of imported goods and goods and the adoption of Unified importation ".


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