The presence of 5 million tons of basic goods in the ports of the country
According to the economic reporter of Fars news agency, Alireza Moghdisi, the head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced today on the occasion of government week at the organization’s place in a group of journalists: the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture and the Ministry silence With the credits at their disposal, they have been able to arrange basic goods for the country. Currently, there are 3.5 million tons of basic goods in the country’s ports, and customs formalities are being carried out, and 500 thousand tons of basic goods are being unloaded and loaded at the docks. One million tons of basic goods are available in the anchorages of the country, which is in the stage before the wharf, and there are a total of 5 million tons of basic goods as a suitable reserve for the country, which has been prepared for the people, and there is no concern in this regard.
He also said: 1,500 trucks carrying basic goods and 70 wagons are cleared by rail from Imam Khomeini Port Customs daily, and 90% of cleared goods are related to basic goods, and the customs formalities are done quickly.
He said: “There are one million tons of goods left in the customs from the years before 2013, 2017, and even the last two years, which have been cleared in the last few months with the cooperation of the customs.”
The head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding shipments of Samsung and LJay said: After the audit of these goods, they were cleared, and of course there were commercial rental cards before, after that the cards were organized and the importers instead of importing all the required parts from one customs at the same time because source The customs tariff was different, so they imported through different customs and at different times, and a case was filed. Of course, they could have made a complaint to the customs dispute settlement commission according to the law, but in the case of these shipments, the rules related to the origin and the two-A rule were applicable. It is related to the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade.
Stating that the customs is the leader of foreign trade, he said: they use international conventions for faster clearance of various goods, and foreign trade has not been affected by the JCPOA, and fortunately, the volume of trade is increasing, and the majority of imports are related to basic goods and production line equipment. . The trade balance of the country is close to the same in terms of import and export.
Moghdisi, saying that the second country that plays a role in world trade, at the same time, is bigthe most It is an importer of goods, and most of them are raw materials that are imported and exported with added value, so the increase in imports for our country, as it is mainly raw materials, intermediates and production equipment, will be cleared quickly.
Regarding the 24-hour clearance of the serum cargo after the prosecutor’s visit to Tehran Customs, the head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran said: As for the serum product, because the issue of shelf life is very important, it should be cleared quickly, health permits have been obtained, and the serum shipments have already been cleared. As soon as the permits are issued, the health goods are cleared because the serum shipment is perishable and must be cleared quickly. Of course, in the case of these goods, the permits are taken before entering, because according to the rule, at least 65% of the serum’s expiration time must be left before it can be cleared.
He said: Of course, there have been cases where the serum shipments were destroyed according to health rules because health permits were not issued, but in cases where there is a permit, the clearance order is issued immediately.
Regarding the 2.5% fee for abandoned goods that is given to the Tamliki Real Estate Organization, Moghdisi said: In our opinion, imposing a 2.5% fee will increase the cost of production for the owners of goods and the production line, and sometimes, due to existing bureaucracies, clearance of goods may not be done on time. and the goods are forcibly placed in the possession of the property organization. For example, according to Article 24 of the Customs Law, goods that could not be cleared within the stipulated time are subject to a 2.5% fine, which creates costs for manufacturing companies.
The head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran said about the shortage of manpower in the customs: “We have not received a hiring permit for 10 years, and the number of our employees due to the increase of customs in free zones and border areas is currently 20% with a shortage of manpower, on the other hand, the time of customs services has increased. 24 hours and the expansion of customs has caused a shortage of personnel, and in the next two or three years, a number of personnel will retire, in which case we will face a crisis of human resources in customs.
He said: The salaries and benefits of the customs employees are lower than the neighboring organizations, and the salaries and balance of payments should be equalized among the cooperating agencies.
Regarding the right to discover contraband goods for customs officers, Moghdisi said: It has been a long time since the issue of the right to discover has been lost after the resolution of January 3, 1992 in QaIn the fight against the smuggling of goods and currency, detecting devices no longer have the right to discover, as a result, the customs does not collect, of course, in the case where our customs colleague discovered more than 1118 kilos of drugs, we considered a reward for him, but it was from another place, which is a small reward.
Regarding X-ray imaging devices, he said: these devices are taken care of. Also, in the case of drug detection dogs, in some cases, the owners of contraband wanted to poison these dogs, and even one or two dogs were killed in this way.
The head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran said that most of the customs colleagues clean hand Asterhad said: “Recently, a discovery was made at Shahid Rajaei Customs and the smugglers wanted to bribe our colleagues, and sometimes we also say positive things, unfortunately, some people reflect it negatively.” A large amount of smuggled fuel was recently discovered by customs officials.
Regarding the connection of this organization to the comprehensive trade system, Moghdisi said: In the last few months, we paid special attention to the completion of the comprehensive trade system, the customs is responsible for other institutions. Licensor are and give a line to the customs 8.5 terabyte There is customs data that should be gradually connected to the comprehensive trade system. Currently, the customs is connected to this comprehensive trade system, otherwise the clearance will not take place, but some procedures have changed and the currency calculation authority has changed from preferred to ETS, so the source Entry rights change and this system, like a living organism, must be constantly changing.
He also said: Currently, most of the systems are connected to each other, we are even connected to X-ray devices and CCTV cameras, of course, the instructions must be revised, orders are sent and registered through the comprehensive trade system, and currently the customs cards are in the final stage. has it.
He said: The data of all neighboring devices combined is not as much as the customs data in the comprehensive trade system, but this connection should be done step by step.
He said about virtual experts in customs: virtual experts are created because the goods must be evaluated in different cases and evaluated by different experts because there may be some corruption that needs to be removed.
The head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran said about the average time of clearance of goods: the speed of clearance is 34 hours on average, of course, in the case of shipments such asOxen It is cleared in 7 minutes or less, and they are subject to one-way transportation. Customs only supervises. Of course, health permits must be issued, but the average clearance time for goods is 34 hours. This time should also be reduced, and our colleagues should speed up their work.
Regarding the discovery of fuel smuggling, Moghdisi said: The recent cargo of smuggled fuel was discovered by customs colleagues and the most important cause of this phenomenon is the difference in fuel prices between our country and neighboring countries, where smuggling takes place and sometimes the fuel smugglers declare the fuel as other goods or Even in the fuel tankers, they put different partitions that provide liquid goods that do not require a license when declaring the goods, while they smuggle fuel in other partitions, but the customs colleagues with their experience discover the cases of smuggling.
He said about the customs green route and goods smuggling: We must use the risk management method in the green route, if there is no such route, we will see long queues of trucks at the country’s customs. We check the characteristics of the goods. If they want a special license or the goods have a high value, they are placed in the red line. If they only want a license, they are in the yellow line. With this classification, violations are reduced to the lowest level. We are forced to evaluate risk management for economic operators. We are especially knowledge-based.
He also said: The green route is defined for basic goods, for example imports flour It is done from the green route and does not need to be stored if all is to be done flour If he enters the warehouse and receives the warehouse bill, the cost of storage and clearance time will increase.
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