Customs Is About To Recover More Than 17 Billion Dinars From Violating Companies, Projects, And Factories

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 12:37 | Economic Number of reads: 178  Baghdad / NINA / The General Authority of Customs announced, on Tuesday, that it is in the process of recovering more than 17 billion dinars from companies, projects and factories that violate customs exemption controls.

It stated in a statement, "The Customs Exemptions Follow-up Team has begun following up on the legal measures taken against companies, projects and factories and the extent of their compliance with controls and instructions, in cooperation with the Customs Affairs and Tariff Audit Departments and the Exemptions Audit Team formed by Cabinet Resolution No. 27037 of 2023."

It added, "The Customs Exemptions Follow-up Team made surprise visits to (74) projects, including (41) investment projects and (33) industrial development projects within each of the governorates of (Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk, Karbala, Babil, Najaf, Basra, Sulaymaniyah, Anbar, and Muthanna)."

She explained that "the team was able to record violations of the controls and instructions for customs exemptions, as a result of which the total amounts that were calculated for the purpose of collecting them from the violating companies amounted to more than (17) billion dinars." / End https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=1229248