Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Arab News: "Ban on Israeli Goods in Place: Customs Chief"

The shareef won't like it,
Drill in ANWR
Drill in ANWR . . .
Director General of Saudi Customs Saleh Al-Barak reiterated that the Saudi regulations do not permit the import of goods manufactured in Israel.

“The official regulation followed by every customs house at the Kingdom’s border crosspoints is a total ban on any goods of Israeli origin,” Al-Watan Arabic newspaper quoted Saleh Al-Barak as saying yesterday.

Anyone found breaking the regulation would be treated as a smuggler of contraband goods to the Kingdom and fined accordingly and the seized goods destroyed, the director general said.

“The violations of this kind have, however, been limited in number, committed only by individuals and not by any importing establishment,” Barak said.

He said some people bring Israeli products to the Kingdom due to ignorance about the source of the goods. On the other hand, Barak said all products of Palestine are exempted from customs duty. [...]

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