Nearly one trillion dinars of customs revenues in the first half of 2024

 Economy News – Baghdad

The Director General of the General Authority of Customs, Hassan Al-Okaili, counted today, Thursday, the value of customs financial revenues during the first half of this year, and while it was expected to reach 2 trillion dinars at the end of 2024, he touched on the ports of the Kurdistan region.

Al-Okaili said in a televised interview followed by “Economy News” that “the volume of revenues of the Al-Kimark Authority during the first half of this year reached 948.5 billion dinars.”

He added, “Last year, Al Kmark recorded revenues of 1.33 trillion dinars,” pointing out that “it is possible that the volume of revenues will reach 2 trillion dinars at the end of this year.”

Regarding the ports of the Kurdistan region, the Director General of the Customs Authority explained that “some goods enter through the ports of the Kurdistan region, whose revenues go to the regional government by a large percentage, and may exceed even the goods that enter through the federal ports.”