Trade: Iraq at the mercy of the importer

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Trade: Iraq at the mercy of the importer

Long after an absence of concepts that govern things in Iraq after 2003 emerged a series of events that have impacted negatively on the economic aspects of life in Iraq, including the deterioration of the local garment industry.

The started in the Iraqi markets sink by clothing imported from various origins at the expense of the domestic product, according to the views of experts in the field attribute the reason for a number of factors including the absence of government support for the national product and the increased import of garments without the expense of the absence of customs tariff and taxes on the importer, which led to the closure of sewing local to their inability to compete with the importer, and the demobilization of large numbers of workers, and thus stopped the wheel of industrial development, there is a problem of unemployment. On the other hand indicates workers in the field of local industry to increase support for the governments of countries exporting goods to Iraq contributed to the other extinction of the national product.
Says Ali Fadel, the boss of the stitching (previously) I had to close the plant, which includes a large number of workers after they have seen the profession has deteriorated significantly in the nine years earlier, because of the disruption continued for electricity.

Stressing that the owners of the profession sheltering generators, which in turn raise the cost of production and the impact on the price (s) sold in the market became can not compete with imported cheap free of cost generators and high rents – as is the case in Iraq – and indicates Fadel that the opening up of the Iraqi market to imported goods, particularly Chinese goods (cheap price) without controls impact negatively on the product local, calling on the government to support the national product through the imposition of the customs tariff on imported electricity supply, only to return the national product to competition from new and thus provide jobs to return the wheel industry and attract tailors and artisans in this area.

For its part, refers Bushra Abdel-Rahman (sewing Women’s Clothing) that girls and women were would race in the custody of the date of sewing, especially in the festive season, but today Vaguetsr my work to narrow and expand the clothing, sewing for some older women and obese women, because the supply in the market is not suitable for their age and weight. and called Abdul Rahman on the government to support the sector private sectors through the provision of facilities for loans for the purchase of modern machines and the provision of electricity.

to the said one of the owners of stores that sell clothing Mohammed Abdul Karim that they have the goods from multiple origins, but the most successful and sought out by the consumer is Turkish, despite the high prices, but qualities of a good and new models. Adding the second place comes Chinese goods that generate good profits for the seller due to the low prices and low taxes on them. and Abdul-Karim: do not deal with the national product due to unavailability, and found it weak is not comparable to the importer in terms of quality, shapes and designs. For his part, said economic expert Maytham Laibi the import of garments such massive amounts cause significant losses in Iraq can not be translated into numbers, we have a problem with statistics and figures because the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Trade and Chambers of customs did not work properly, as it is supposed to provide us with statistics on the quantities of imported goods and the money you spend for importation, but this did not happen. and the coffee that the main reason to flood the market with imported goods is the repeal of the customs tariff and the tariff act of the new issued in 2010 has been postponed under the political and economic pressure from neighboring countries because the latter is the beneficiary of his absence. In contrast shows Hussein Mohamed ( 29 years), which purports to buy a suit from one of the men in the capital markets, the most beautiful garments and cheaper. Stressing that the stitching suit Men’s costing 350 thousand to 400 thousand dinars, and take a long time from the tailor, while the suit ready-range priced between 50 to 100 A, as well as the existence of (global brands) can choose from.

Underscoring the spokesman of the Ministry of Planning Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi’s (range) that there are large sums of money spent on import of garments, but can not list them all, and estimate the quantities of clothing coming into the country and declined to material losses incurred by the country as a result of the import I do not have any statistics, said al-Hindawi said the Ministry of Planning and drawn up plans to promote the local product by running each laboratories and factories of the Ministry of Industry, as well as our national development plan for the year 2012-2014, which include support for the private sector, as we have allocated funds from the state budget for the year 2012 to support the private sector. with Mohamed Salman Saadi, Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee in the Parliament that the weak competitiveness of the domestic product is due to reasons many the most important power outages and higher wages for labor, which increases production costs and therefore higher prices, said Saadi said the local product is able to compete with imported products in terms of quality but is unable to rival in terms of price, as well as the laws of totalitarian regimes still prevail, and unless we are liberated of those laws in order to stand up the Iraqi economy. noting that the Committee inform the process of government to determine the timeframe for the launch of the customs tariff law deferred. It is noteworthy that the Law on customs tariff has been canceled by order of the authority of the coalition after the 2003 tax and replace it with the reconstruction of Iraq, and 5% of their revenue.

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