Kurdistan Regional Government Agrees on
Establishing an Official Customs Center in Sulaimani Airport under Central
Administration
Al Sharq Al Awsat
Baghdad (Iraq), Nov 6 - Official sources informed Al Sharq Al Awsat
that Kurdistan regional government has approved to establish a customs center in
Sulaimani International Airport, which would be run on behalf of the central
government.
The sources added that this approval came after long deliberations between the
representatives of central ministries, including finance, transport and trade
ministries, and Kurdistan regional government (Sulaimani Administration), which
has supported the idea as it is very beneficial for the region and would
activate the trade movement there.
The sources added that the center would handle the affairs of arriving and
departing travelers to and from Iraq, in addition to the customs procedures
relating to the imported and exported items.
The sources pointed out that the regional government used to impose customs fees
without referral to the central laws that regulate the process of imposing taxes
on goods, etc. Moreover, launching this center at Sulaimani International
Airport would be very beneficial for the region, as most of the travel
procedures would be handled there, which means activating the trade and tourist
activities in the northern regions, in addition to the possibility of attracting
transportation contracts from several countries that contracted the Iraqi party.
Speed would also be achieved in transporting goods, which used to take longer
time when imported through Jordanian, Syrian and other airports.
