5 billion dinars daily revenue of Umm Qasr port achievement

Economy

8-10-2020, 12:49

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Basra-INA

The Customs Authority announced that Umm Qasr had registered a daily revenue of approximately 5 billion dinars, while it indicated the government's steps to simplify customs procedures. This helped restore importers' confidence in using the ports to bring goods into the country.

The Director General of the Customs Authority, Sadiq Howeidi, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), today, Thursday: “The reform steps taken by the government are an important practical step on the road to real reform to combat corruption and simplify customs procedures,” stressing that “the measures helped restore confidence Importers to return to using Basra ports instead of using neighboring ports to bring their goods into the country. "