General Authority of Customs: Our current procedures are now in line with international standards.
General Authority of Customs: Our current procedures are now in line with international standards.
2025-12-03
The General Authority of Customs confirmed on Wednesday that Iraq is implementing WCO and WTO standards and is moving towards active international membership, while indicating that current procedures have become in line with international specifications. The director of the Customs Automation and Modernization Project, Muhammad Mazen, told the official agency that “the ASYCUDA program was established by the United Nations, and now we are open to all international organizations,” noting that “the most important achievement of the program is that current procedures have become in line with the international specifications set by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).”
He added that “Iraq is currently implementing all the required standards, and communication with those organizations has become direct,” stressing that “work is underway to move towards Iraq becoming an active member of the World Customs Organization in the coming period.”
Mazen also explained that “the documents issued by the ASYCUDA system are considered global standard documents, which paves the way for facilitating communication with international organizations and making procedures more streamlined during the next phase.”
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