The return of calm and stability to the province of Homs after liberation from terrorism thanks to championships of the Syrian Arab Army and the great efforts of government agencies at all entrances and axes of the province helped to control the phenomenon of smuggling of goods, which witnessed a large spread during the first years of the crisis because of the presence of terrorists in Some areas and lack of customs and health control.

 

Sanaa polled the views of those concerned and affected by the smuggled goods, especially food, where it was unanimously agreed that the phenomenon of smuggling was widespread with the beginning of the crisis and contributed to some traders of war and the weakness of souls quickly spread in the markets despite the negative impact and direct on the national economy and the local producer and the citizen not to be subject to fees Customs or laboratory tests.

 

"Our products and sales of oils have been significantly affected by the onset of the crisis because they were sold at cheap prices," confirms Fuad Dabdoub, sales manager at Middle East Oil Company in the industrial city of Hissia, which sells its products to all governorates. "The smuggled oil and its spread in the markets Between 2012 and 2014 impact on the volume of sales significantly because the weakness of the purchasing power of the citizen paid for the search for the cheapest goods in the markets despite the great health risks.

 

Toni Daoud owner of a poultry establishment confirmed that the smuggling for the poultry sector affected the educators directly because its prices are lower than the current cost, adding that the competition is only the price, but the quality and reliability of health can not smuggled product, especially the Turkish to compete with Syrian goods.

 

Daoud called on the concerned authorities to crack down on the phenomenon of smuggling in order to preserve the poultry sector, which provides about two million jobs directly and indirectly.

 

A number of citizens contacted by SANA called on the departments of internal trade, consumer protection and customs to intensify the prevention of smuggled goods harmful to public health, while a number of shop owners indicated that all the food and other items sold by the legal source and regular invoices.

 

Halim al-Akhras, director of economy and foreign trade in Homs, stresses that the presence of goods smuggled in markets of all kinds weakens local products because they can not compete in the markets due to the low price of smuggled goods that are not subject to customs duties or analyzes, Was the food items, pointing out that after the return of calm and stability to all areas, the presence of smuggled goods in the markets is very little due to tightening control from all government agencies.

 

Ahmed Nasr Al Hussein, head of the Department of Prevention at the Directorate of Homs Agriculture, shows that the presence of agricultural pesticides smuggled in agricultural shops is much less and almost non-existent compared to food, stressing that the detection of shops selling agricultural pesticides in all areas of the province and in the presence of non-materials Systematic and anonymous sources are confiscated and destroyed for not being subjected to laboratory analysis even if they are usable.

 

Abdul Nasser Sheikh Fattouh President of the Chamber of Commerce Homs revealed that there are warehouses in the city of Anatb Turkish dedicated to re-packaging of expired goods and put labels on the new authority and the introduction of smuggling through Syria, stressing that the presence of Turkish goods smuggled in the markets, especially foodstuffs is dangerous to the health of citizens And food security in particular as it is not health-controlled.

 

Dr. Rashed Al-Jourani of the Department of Communicable Diseases at Homs Health Directorate confirmed that all food items of unknown origin are harmful to public health and should be avoided. He pointed out that through the mobile teams of the Division, which regularly visit schools, students are made aware of the danger of purchasing foodstuffs from appetizers and biscuits without confirmation. From its source.

 

Homs is the least affected province of smuggled goods The director of internal trade and consumer protection, Rami al-Yousef, confirms the measures taken against the violators through daily patrols in the city and the rationing people in the countryside and intensifying the campaign against all contraband, Including the entrees of children, biscuits, chocolate, energy drinks, etc., which were widespread in addition to the Turkish clothes and shoes.

 

Al-Yousef added that during the past months of this year, 107 seizures have been organized against unwarranted contraband materials, pointing to the negative impact of any contraband, regardless of its origin on the local product, which returned to the markets of various types after the return of owners of factories and producers to work thanks to the state of stability and calm And called on every citizen to report any cases of contraband or unknown goods in the shops in order to protect the health of citizens.

 

The main body concerned with smuggling control, which is directed to all the responsibilities to eliminate this phenomenon, confirms its presence in its elements and its components in all axes and regions to prevent smuggling in all its forms according to Homs Customs Directorate, which confirms that during the current year, 59 cases of smuggling of materials originating in Turkey, Biscuits, power drinks and power tools as a result of intensifying control over all entrances to the governorate and roads