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

by **claud39** Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:52 am

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

02/08/2019

Economy News Baghdad

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 ".

by **claud39** Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:54 am

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

[th]Publishing Date[/th][th][/th][th]Effective Date[/th]

30 Jan 2019		01 Feb 2019
13 Feb 2019	if applicable	15 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019		01 Mar 2019
13 Mar 2019	if applicable	15 Mar 2019
28 Mar 2019		01 Apr 2019
11 Apr 2019	if applicable	15 Apr 2019
29 Apr 2019		01 May 2019
13 May 2019	if applicable	15 May 2019
30 May 2019		01 Jun 2019
12 Jun 2019	if applicable	14 Jun 2019
27 Jun 2019		30 Jun 2019
11 Jul 2019	if applicable	15 Jul 2019
30 Jul 2019		01 Aug 2019
13 Aug 2019	if applicable	15 Aug 2019
29 Aug 2019		01 Sep 2019
11 Sep 2019	if applicable	13 Sep 2019
27 Sep 2019		01 Oct 2019
11 Oct 2019	if applicable	15 Oct 2019
30 Oct 2019		01 Nov 2019
13 Nov 2019	if applicable	15 Nov 2019
27 Nov 2019		01 Dec 2019
11 Dec 2019	if applicable	13 Dec 2019
27 Dec 2019		31 Dec 2019

by **claud39** Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:53 am

http://www.dijlah.tv/index.php?page=article&id=225053

[size=30][ltr]Customs: standardization of tariff and customs procedures with Kurdistan[/ltr][/size]

08-02-2019

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

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

[ltr]The General Authority of Customs announced on Friday the direct unification of procedures and customs fees at the level of all border crossings, including the Kurdistan region.[/ltr]

[ltr]The Authority said in a statement that 'the General Authority of the Federal Customs and the Kurdistan region of Kurdistan 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. The resolution included the following:[/ltr]

[ltr]1- Consolidation of customs tariff fees at all border ports, including the ports of the Kurdistan Region (Pervez Khan, Bashmakh, Ibrahim Al Khalil, Haj Omran, Erbil Airport, Sulaymaniyah Airport)[/ltr]

[ltr]2- Adopting a unified customs declaration (customs declaration) in Arabic and Kurdish according to the customs law.[/ltr]

[ltr]3 - The obligation of all border ports in the provinces and the region to implement the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers on the protection of national product and agricultural calendar.[/ltr]

[ltr]4 - The obligation of all border ports in the provinces and the region to apply the part of them in the international agreements signed between the Republic of Iraq and other countries, especially with regard to exemption customs.[/ltr]

[ltr]5. Abolishing the decision of the Council of Ministers No. (186) for the year 2018 concerning the clearance of containers on the volume of containers and return to the approved contexts in accordance with the law.[/ltr]

[ltr]6. Canceling the current customs points in Fayda (Shirawah - north Kirkuk) and (Lailan - East of Kirkuk).[/ltr]

[ltr]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 of all with the offer. The decision included a significant reduction in imports and the proportion of customs duties of imported goods and goods, Unified importation '[/ltr]

[ltr]The Commission pointed out that 'February 17 the beginning of the implementation of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (13) for the year 2019 on the unification of procedures and customs duties at the level of all border crossings'.[/ltr]

by **claud39** Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:06 am

http://www.almadarnews.org/index.php?page=article&id=50344

The border ports and the Kurdistan customs are studying the electronic system for customs

Agency of the orbit -

Baghdad

The Authority of the border ports, and the presence of the Kurdistan region of Kurdistan, on Friday, the electronic system for customs.

A statement issued by the Ports Authority, received the 'orbit' copy of it, that 'the head of the border crossings, Kazem Al-Aqabi, discussed with the Director General and Assistant Director-General General Authority for Customs in the region the subject of electronic system applied in the region has included a full presentation of the electronic system of Customs Territory '.

The statement added that the system 'through which the automation of all procedures for the customs process starting from the moment of entry of the portal portal port and until leaving with all the access to access to their data, especially the regulatory authorities.

Abizaid said: "Through this, it was found that this system has the ability to issue various reports and prevent agents of customs clearance who does not have official leave from customs can not use this system and thus eliminate the status of comment by the unlicensed of the faithful.

In turn, the head of the Ports Authority 'some observations and documented by the Director of the system', stressing that 'the officials in the General Authority of Federal Customs to apply this system for the purpose of benefiting from this experience and move to the work automation, which in turn will contribute to the alleviation of administrative and financial corruption, The cost of the system is very simple but a big competitor. '

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