Report: The UAE is flooding the Iraqi market with smuggled cars

Report: The UAE is flooding the Iraqi market with smuggled cars

2018/7/27 10:13

Report - The UAE is flooding the Iraqi market with smuggled cars[Ayna-Follow]
UAE companies have exploited the weakness of control in the Iraqi market, in order to dump it with cars that do not meet the legally defined conditions and specifications, causing substantial material losses to Iraq, amid the government’s inability to control the phenomenon.
Through the shipping service of flydubai, or through the vessels connecting to the ports of Basra [south] on the waters of the Gulf, daily enters Iraq dozens of cars and thousands of spare parts coming from the UAE towards the local car market, where the exhibitions and industrial complexes that repair what sends Of damaged cars.
An official in the provincial government of Basra told the Qatari newspaper Al Arabi that “traders from the UAE deliberately dump the Iraqi market with cars without the model of the year, and enter them into the Iraqi market through the smuggling gate, by placing them in containers of cargo transport instead of official shipping, Certificate of origin and model of manufacture, through factories and workshops in the UAE. ”
The Iraqi government set certain conditions and specifications for the entry of cars to the country, said the Lt. Colonel in the General Traffic Directorate, Salam al-Khalidi, the “new Arab”, that “the conditions for the entry of cars to Iraq blocked the entry of any car without the model 2017,” noting that “these instructions Approved by the Customs Department and not allowed to be exceeded. ”
He pointed out that “these conditions came in order to preserve the Iraqi market, traffic and traffic, and not to sink the country consumed cars.”
For his part, said an official in the Customs Department of Basra, the “new Arab”, “The Iraqi ports management has failed to enter more than 2500 cars since the beginning of this year, which is without specifications, because the government levies taxes according to the model on the importer, through the Ministry of Finance and the Customs Service , And does not allow any car without the 2017 model. ”
He stressed that “more than 100 smuggling operations failed by the customs and border crossings through the ports of Basra, and all those cases were coming from the ports of Dubai, involving the UAE and Iraqi dealers,” noting that “one of the most prominent cases of smuggling, which was active in the car sector smuggling cars and put them in containers To transport goods, and the customs officer can not inspect these containers, because when you open the container you will find other goods placed in the container gate, can not detect the car.
For their part, a number of dealers in the Iraqi car market, that the UAE has become the largest market for industrial and commercial fraud and flooding the country with cars without specific specifications.
UAE companies and traders rely on different ways to introduce cars to Iraq. “Dubai Ports has become the biggest market for smuggling and industrial fraud in the Arabian Gulf,” Saadoun Ahmad Al Ziyadi, a dealer in the Basra car trade, told Al Arabi. To be a new specification and a modern model that conforms to the conditions, and in fact are either below the specifications specified legally or unusable. ”
He added that “the UAE companies and traders swallowed the Iraqi car trade market fraud, causing a huge loss of millions of dollars by introducing smuggled cars.”
For his part, the owner of one of the Iraqi exhibitions in Basra, Hossam al-Din al-Basri, for the “new Arab”, “The automotive sector is one of the most important economic activities of the country, and is witnessing a large turnout before, especially importers from the countries of America and the UAE, China, We are working to import and sell. ”
He added that “Basra is the main center for the sale of cars, and reach the ports of many types of cars, and prices vary from car to car, according to specifications and model, starting from $ 9 thousand to $ 40 thousand dollars for the modern car.
Al-Basri confirmed that “the UAE’s damaged cars entering the local market are classified into two parts. The first is officially entered and paid for the 2017 model. The smuggled second is tax-free and its prices vary according to the damage rate and the model. The prices range from $ 15,000 to $ 20,000. Dollars “.
He pointed out that “smuggling in Iraqi ports is a normal situation for years, because there are influential parties control parts of the ports and involved with parts of the UAE and others in Iraq.”
According to sources, from within the ports of Dubai, the industrial complexes located in the industrial zone north of Dubai, some of its factories are commercial fraud and export their products to the Iraqi market, which is the victim of the citizen.
“We have opened an investigation into the matter and are working to redouble efforts to uncover this fraud that has invaded Iraqi markets to identify those involved in the dumping operations,” said Saeed Mahmoud, a member of the Iraqi Chambers of Commerce.

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