Российско-Иорданский Деловой Совет

Ministry to ban firms violating import criteria

By Raed Omari

AMMAN – Companies violating import technical requirements will now be “blacklisted” under a new classification system adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture, a ministry official said on Sunday.

Ministry Spokesperson Nimer Haddadin announced yesterday that any company found violating the import requirements accredited by the ministry will be “blacklisted” and will no longer be granted import permits.

Haddadin added that the new mechanism is intended to ensure that meat, fodder, saplings and other products brought into the Kingdom are of excellent quality and up to international standards.

Minister of State and Minister of Agriculture Samir Habashneh has sent circulars to all directors of agriculture directorates and border centres, instructing them to intensify their testing measures for agricultural imports, while also threatening “to blacklist any company that violates the technical licensing requirements”.

“In the past, the ministry used to return to the country of origin all shipments of food items that are not up to the standards,” Haddadin said in a telephone interview with The Jordan Times yesterday, adding: “From now on, all companies violating the technical conditions will be blacklisted and consequently banned from importing.”

Last week, the ministry instructed Aqaba Port authorities to ban a ship, laden with corn to be used as animal fodder, from docking at the port as tests proved that the 18,000-tonne shipment was contaminated.

Aqaba Governor Ali Shraah said the ship – called Sewar – is currently anchored around 10 kilometres away from the shore and will be sent back to the country of origin.

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