The General Authority of Customs announced, on Thursday, the completion of 90% of the work of the first phase of its project to automate border crossings.
The director of the Customs Automation and Modernization Project at the Authority, Firas Al-Obaidi, said in a statement reported by the official news agency, and seen by Al-Eqtisad News, that “the project is the result of an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,” pointing out that “the agreement document lasted seven years.” Years in stages.
He added, “The Customs Authority is still in the first stage and has supervised the end of the stage, which will be completed next June,” noting that “the system is about creating an integrated database for customs and creating a statistical system to preserve public money through electronic payment.”
He stated, “This system helps facilitate trade and Iraq’s entry into the World Trade Organization and the World Customs Organization.”
He pointed out, “The first step in implementing this system was in the Air Cargo Directorate, then Baghdad International Airport, the dry port for medicines and medical supplies, and finally in the Great Welcome Square in Umm Qasr.”
He pointed out that “the completion rate within the first phase currently reaches 90 percent.”
