Hundreds of Iraqi merchants protest in Basra on application of tariff

“Hundreds of traders and residents protested today in front of Safwan border port in Basra and demanded to cancel the tariff law ,” A local official in Basra province who asked not to be identified told “Shafaq News”.

He added that this event comes one day after the announcement of the deputy Minister of Finance , Safah al-Deen al-Safi during a visit to Basra yesterday to apply the tariff law at all border crossings .

Iraqi ports announced on 28 December of 2013 , that it will begin to apply the new tariff system at early 2014.

The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers has announced earlier , that the Council of Ministers decided to apply the tariff law No. 22 for 2010.

However, the economic and investment commission in the parliament announced that the tariff will be applied partly in 2014 .