Customs: Five Transit Flights Successfully Passed Through Iraq Under The TIR Agreement.
Yesterday, 15:44 Baghdad - INA - Mohammed Al-Talibi The General Authority of Customs announced today, Wednesday, the successful passage of five transit flights through Iraq in accordance with the TIR Agreement, while indicating that all land transit ports have been approved by the International Road Transport Union.
The Director of Transit at the General Authority of Customs, Ihab Talib Khalifa, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The electronic lock system was applied to nine experimental flights coming from Umm Qasr towards the dry port," indicating that
"the monitoring was for drug shipments after the issuance of a decision to monitor drug shipments
from their entry into the country until their arrival at the dry port affiliated with the Central Region Directorate in Baghdad at the General Authority of Customs." https://www.youtube.com/@DINARREVALUATION/shorts
He explained that "the shipments were tracked using a GPS system installed on an electronic lock that secures the container," noting that
"the purpose of this matter is to limit smuggling and ensure the safe arrival of drug shipments for distribution, and to activate the role of oversight under the direction of the
Director General of the General Authority of Customs, as we are about to introduce and track other types of shipments, including chemicals."
He continued, "The transit issue has been activated and the international TIR agreement has been implemented.
Five successful flights were received and reached their destination country by passing through Iraq,which was the transit corridor." He emphasized, "This work will continue to enhance Iraq's role in international trade, as well as Iraq's strategic regional location.
Work on development is also ongoing."
He explained that "through purely Iraqi efforts, and with the cooperation and logistical support provided by the Border Ports Authority from a technical standpoint, the National Data Center affiliated with the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and the support of all officials, all land transit ports have been submitted to the International Road Transport Union, and all of them receive transit trucks, in addition to the ports designated for the entry of pharmaceutical shipments at the present time."
He pointed out that "the TIR system will expand in the near future, stage by stage, to include shipments of chemical materials." https://ina.iq/ar/economie/238237-.html
