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Central Bank decides to meet 8% tax rate on customs through banks

According to the announcement of the CBI for all the banks related with tax restrictions, along with the restrictions those are sent to the banks and based on the requirements of the prime minister, and in order to facilitate the process of taxing the clients (importers) through the banks, it has been decided to deduct the following percentages from the clients as it is counted in Iraqi Dinar which is equivalent to the importing amount in USD: 5% insurance on custom fees and 3% insurance on income tax. These percentages will be implemented regardless of whether the importing products are tax free or not. The deducted amounts will be settled later by the General Directorates of Customs and Taxes based on the legal percentages and mechanism. These instructions will be implemented starting March 25, 2015 cooperating with General Directorates of Customs and Taxes to transfer the deducted amounts to them.

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RSISX Index

Type Close % Chg YTD % Chg
IQD RSISX 963.1 4.9% 32.8%
USD RSISX 848.6 5.0% 28.0%

Best & Worst Performers

Best Performers

Code Closing (IQD) % Chg
BLAD 0.220 15.8%
VKHF 0.100 11.1%
BIME 0.220 10.0%
BBAY 0.120 9.1%
BELF 0.480 9.1%

Worst Performers

Code Closing (IQD) % Chg
IMIB 2.500 -3.8%
TZNI 2.250 -2.2%
SMRI 2.330 -2.1%
BCOI 0.700 -1.4%
IICM 0.840 -1.2%

TOP 5 Traded Volume

Code Trading Vol.
(IQD mn) / d
Trading Vol.
($'000)/d
BNOI 756.6 513.6
BBOB 521.4 354.0
BMNS 189.0 128.3
TASC 171.3 116.3
IBSD 110.6 75.1

Trading Volumes by Sectors

Sector Trading Vol.
(IQD mn)/d
Trading Vol.
('000 $)/d
Telecom 171.6 116.5
Banking 1,760.3 1,195.0
Industry 221.3 150.2
Hotels & Tourism 4.6 3.1
Services 76.1 51.7
Agriculture 19.5 13.3
Insurance - -
Investment 0.3 0.2
Total 2,253.8 1,530.1