Additional Customs Duty to Be Applied to Carpets/Iraq

Dear Member,

In the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, with reference to the letter dated 08.08.2023 and numbered 87903345 received from the Ministry of Trade, the letter referenced above, a copy of which is provided below, states that the country concerned has decided to apply an additional customs duty at a rate of sixty percent (60%) for four years on carpet products imported into Iraq from all countries and origins under GTİP codes 5702.32.30 and 5702.32.10.

The letter further provides information on the details of the practice and emphasises that it is considered useful to contact the Commercial Counsellor's Office in Baghdad ([email protected]) for additional information.

"A letter received from our Commercial Counsellor's Office in Baghdad states that, at the meeting of the Iraqi Council of Ministers dated 01.08.2023, in order to support local products under Domestic Products Protection Law No. 2010/11, it was decided:

to apply an additional customs duty at a rate of sixty percent (60%) for four years on carpet products imported into Iraq from all countries and origins under GTİP codes 57023230 and 57023210,

-to monitor the local market during the period in which the additional customs duties are applied,

-for the General Customs Committee of the Ministry of Finance to initiate the application of an additional customs fee for the said product,

-for the Ministry of Finance to notify the Ministry of Industry and Minerals at regular intervals of data on the total import quantity of the said product, the total value of the additional customs duty to be obtained from the import transactions and the countries exporting the said product,

-for the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to investigate the capacity of domestic companies to meet market demand at an appropriate price,

-for the competent authorities to examine the effects of the additional customs duty to be applied to the said product,

-for the said decision to be implemented one hundred and twenty (120) days after its publication

, and it is considered useful to inform your members doing business with Iraq by e-mail regarding the said practices and for them to contact our relevant Commercial Counsellor's Office ([email protected]) for additional information."

Kind regards,

Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry