What Is The Importance Of Financial Automation For Iraqi Customs? An Expert Explains In Detail, 9 MARCH

 What Is The Importance Of Financial Automation For Iraqi Customs? An Expert Explains In Detail

Time: 03/08/2024 14:06:18 Read: 1,586 times  {Economic: Al-Furat News} The Iraqi economic affairs researcher, Ali Karim Dhahib, explained the importance of the Ministry of Finance adopting the automation system in customs.

Dhaheeb told {Al-Furat News} agency, “Information technology contributes effectively to simplifying and facilitating customs procedures, in addition to its major role in the accuracy of work, reducing costs and time spent on completing tasks, high transparency in customs work, and the quality of reports prepared for senior departments that help them in taking decisions.” Appropriate decisions and building an important database.”

He stated that "the increase in the volume of trade in Iraq was greatly and clearly reflected in the futility of paperwork for customs procedures, as it creates a state of bureaucracy and personal diligence, and the spread of financial corruption."

Karim explained, "The decision of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance to work with the ASYCUDA system will provide the General Authority of Customs with adopting the latest technologies and electronic applications applied in many countries of the world, and also implements the recommendations of international organizations concerned with foreign trade and professional organizations specialized in customs work."

He pointed out that "Jordanian Customs, in cooperation with WebFuntain Company, launched its new website linked to the ASYCUDA system services on the Internet, with the aim of providing customs facilities and procedures and simplifying them for the recipients of the service, including citizens, merchants, manufacturers, and clearance companies."

He explained that "the application of everything new and advanced through the use of modern technology in work meets all the needs of partners from the private and public sectors to access distinguished electronic customs services for all those dealing with them and provide all information and computerized automated systems.

The ASYCUDA system also contributes to development projects with the aim of facilitating and simplifying procedures." “In order to reduce the effort and burden on the service recipients and reduce the time required to complete customs transactions.”

He stressed that "activating the ASYCUDA system allows all those dealing with the department, including citizens, industrialists, merchants, and brokers, to benefit and search through the ASYCUDA system service for all information related to customs work, including customs tariff items, value, and currency calculations.

In addition, the new system is characterized by the introduction of search technology using artificial intelligence to search."  About tariff items and trade descriptions according to the latest contemporary technology on the website.  LINK