APC: Most of the region's ports are not subject to federal instructions

Baghdad - INA
The head of the Agriculture, Water and Marsh Committee in Parliament, Salam Al-Shammari, called on the relevant ministries and security agencies, today, Thursday, to take their real role in preventing the entry of imported crops in order to preserve the agricultural reality.
Al-Shammari said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the entry of agricultural crops through the border crossings unofficially harmed the agricultural sector and the local product in general, and there are several laws issued by the House of Representatives to protect the local product, but the relevant ministries did not comply and there is a breakdown in the borders and entry Materials to hit the local agricultural product.”
He added, "We call on the relevant ministries and security agencies to take their real role to prevent the entry of the importer who competes with the local product, in order to preserve the agricultural reality," noting that "the tomato farms in Al-Zubair district of Basra Governorate have announced their readiness to supply all governorates of Iraq, and we are surprised by the entry of many trucks." From the tomato crop to make Iraq an importer, not an exporter. "