Summary lots of things going on, the people are demonstrating again which I think is a good thing. The people are being promised to have their cards and "transactions" by the 31st so we wait for that. Iraq signed a deal with Armenia for agricultural things. New things on the CBI looks like they are moving forward as well. So nothing earth shattering but here are a few articles for you...
Oh, go out and have some fun this weekend. Don't be glued to the computer.
Demonstrations in Maysan and Basra, Babylon and calls for addressing the financial crisis and real reforms
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Baghdad scales News
Was launched in the provinces of Babil and Maysan and Basra, on Friday, demonstrations demanding real reform and tackle the financial crisis and accounting spoilers.
He said reporters / scales News /, that he "join dozens of activists, citizens and civilian demonstrations in the provinces of Babil and Misan and Basra to demand real reform and tackle the financial crisis and accounting spoilers and other demands included the salaries of the staff is not compromised."
This Dozens of citizens, civilians and militants on Friday in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, demanding the government to stamp out corruption and lack of prejudice to staff salaries and approval of the death sentences.Ended 29 / D
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THis article is proof they did implement the tariffs but without the rate increase they will have to cancel them again
Customs tariff impede the movement of ports and customs police setting up checkpoints at the exits of the region
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Long-Presse / Baghdad
The Iraqi ports department, on Friday, for a reduction of trade movement and the movement of ports after the application of the customs tariff in the southern ports law, as has denied management of border crossings Directorate of points obtaining tariff in the exits of the region, the Finance Committee in the Parliament refused to obey the dealers and excluded from the law, calling for the application to "justice," according to the General Budget Law.
A member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives Abdul-Jabbar said in an interview to the Creator (range Press), "The financial budget for the year 2016 law requiring the application of the customs tariff law in all border crossing points, including in the Kurdistan region."
He said Abdul Khaliq, said: "Our information confirms the establishment of checkpoints at the exits of the Kurdistan region towards the center to check goods entering papers and make sure customs tariff or complete and fulfilled through those points," attributing the delay the application of the customs tariff law, which was issued four years ago during the last term to " not to be applied in a fair and confined implemented in other areas without. "
Promise member of the Finance Committee, that "it is not possible that the government comply with the dealers who baptized every time to pressure the government to exclude them from customs duties," expressing his support of the Finance Committee "to apply the law of customs tariff in all border crossing points, without exception."
For his part, inform the Iraqi ports director Anmar net said in an interview to the (long-Presse), said that "the application of the customs tariff in the southern ports without the Kurdistan region of outlets impact on the movement of goods in the ports of South and ports," explaining that "the majority of traders will resort to the Kurdistan outlets in case application of the law in all southern ports, and this is what happened in previous times. "
He called net, to "justice in the application of law in all the country's ports," warning "influenced by the movement of Iraqi ports and streamline the movement of goods in the absence of application of the law fairly."
The net, that "traders reluctant to apply the payment of customs duties pending the government decision to cancel the procedures so that they can lay their goods at ports," noting that "this stop negatively impact on the movement of goods at ports and blocked the possibility of receiving new vessels."
He denied media director of the Iraqi ports, "the existence of the accumulation of goods at the ports," stressing that "the commercial traffic in the ports are no longer as before after the application of the customs tariff law, which is committed by a small number of traders as traders Statistics luxury materials and goods."
In turn, Director General of the Interior Ministry's border crossings, Major General Sami Sudanese said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The Directorate began to apply the law of customs tariff at all border ports in the south and center of the date of the 16th of January of this, except for the Kurdistan region outside of our control." .
He said the Sudanese, that "any goods will not be allowed to pass in the absence of customs such fees are met," asserting that "the points that have been installed at the exits of the region toward the center is affiliated to the Directorate, and managed by a subsidiary of the leadership of the border Customs Directorate of Police, in coordination with those of the provincial police command ".
The Iraqi Council of Ministers in the, I decided, (13 December 2015) The development points in the approved border crossing points shall check and make sure customs tariff are met, and the introduction of standardization of quality control points.
The head of the Council of Ministers, Haider al-Abadi, announced on Thursday the (6 August 2015), the postponement of the introduction of new customs tariff, attributing this to ensure the readiness of border crossing points to be applied away from the "corruption and double standards."
Customs and tariffs are taxes levied on goods imported by the State on the other, and used several customs tariff countries to protect the industry from foreign competition by raising prices of imported goods, so the customs tariff encourage local industries to increase their production, and forced citizens to pay higher prices if they wish Goods imported, the Ministry of Finance has adopted a new fee on imported goods Kmarkip this procedure has sparked mixed reactions among economists, investors and traders in the area of its effect on the reduction of the entry of imported goods and high prices.
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This is the change to CBI Site 
and if you click that image from the cbi site it takes you to the "new" site CBIRAQ.org and it would seem they are preparing to move to the new site and we hope they will have new rates on the new site!
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Roudao - Baghdad
called Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, on Saturday, to give every Iraqi citizen one share N inheritable in the Iraqi oil companies. The Minister of Iraqi oil at a symposium held in Baghdad: There is a semi-agreement within the oil sector, the government and Parliament on the importance of returning to revive the national oil company. Adel Abdul Mahdi, and pointed out that his ministry is seeking to achieve the goals of the local oil companies, where he called to give every citizen shares in the company to be N inheritable. He added: "There should be organized for the rights of the provinces in this company and there is a distribution just by percentage of population. "
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