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00:00:00We have started for gold are now controlling the size in a big way, gold, Mr.
00:00:04Minister, but let's move to
00:00:10was in our organized market that attracts gold another report and come back to gold, God willing. Yes.
00:00:11talk about this this At a time when the challenges of
00:00:14living are increasing, the camera of the "Economy on the Revealed" program
00:00:17monitored the opinions
00:00:21Therefore, of citizens about the economic situation and the availability of basic
00:00:2420 or 30% back with their reports. We started goods in the markets. The economic war was imposed
00:00:27on us from the Emirates
00:00:29without documents. Being near and from the militias, from the militias
00:00:34State to be close to citizens or in supported by the UAE and other the borders countries. So, we in the Blue Nile State were not affected by
00:00:38anything, even though the road was closed to us before, and we were
00:00:42living by God's grace. We received displaced people
00:00:46and sheltered
00:00:47these things were not applied in them in our homes.
00:00:51you learned from past mistakes to address
00:00:52to have the gold, but it is of all the people of Sudan. They were eating and drinking from the Blue Nile State. The Blue
00:00:54and compensates elsewhere. Nile State is full of good things like agriculture,
00:00:57grazing, vineyards, and gold. All of this is in
00:01:00economics is freedom. the state.
00:01:02And you cannot Amidst the citizens' complaints about rising prices and
00:01:05their criticisms of some traders because of
00:01:09speculation and monopoly, the economic
00:01:12question remains linked to the market's
00:01:15ability to achieve a balance between the availability
00:01:19of goods and their price,
00:01:23by controlling people expand in this and the consumer's ability to buy them. We've bought, it's open completely, we've eaten everything
00:01:26on it. God had mercy on us.
00:01:30They opened it, thank God. Strength
00:01:33to the army, may
00:01:36an impact? We sometimes hear from God give them strength. The army
00:01:37the problems that occurred in for anything, they say, "It's a treasure for us."
00:01:38hospitals in Look at this dealer. What's wrong with him? They're running
00:01:41is enticing to the citizens. The citizens are very poor.
00:01:46have to use quick capsules. Okay. And economic specialists believe
00:01:49that addressing the economic
00:01:53you provide this war requires the competent authorities to intensify
00:01:57to the producer or the buyer
00:01:57this field? supervision. I mean, we recommend the Ministry of Finance
00:02:00to take some economic measures that include expanding
00:02:03the umbrella of health insurance
00:02:11that in this
00:02:15But in prove that Sudan was suffering from critical stage, the government should take these reforms
00:02:18by strengthening
00:02:20entered into a bigger problem. Well, in regulatory bodies and enabling
00:02:23them to monitor
00:02:27the economic path. In this context, the economic
00:02:32about the exchange rate, this More among citizens waiving part of its fees on vision intersects with the importance of increasing production because agriculture
00:02:36numbering in the represents one of the important pillars for providing
00:02:39food and stimulating economic activity, according to
00:02:42the Blue Nile State government. The people
00:02:45of the Blue Nile also
00:02:48taxes imposed on cultivated 4.5 million
00:02:50hand. And as you mentioned, feddans. The people who say Sudan is heading for famine, Sudan will
00:02:52not have famine. We in the Blue
00:02:56this income, and therefore it is Nile have cultivated, and I am
00:02:58matters and what you have done in sure, by God, Sennar has also cultivated, and Gadarif. The harvest
00:03:02is enough for Sudan. We will not be weak, God willing.
00:03:07and has taken a package because you cannot Improving the economic situation remains contingent on achieving
00:03:10stability and supporting production. Issam Taha and Mutawakel Al-Jamri,
00:03:14Sudan TV for the program "Economy on
00:03:17the Revealed."
00:03:20other issue, and the problem with Welcome again, Mr. Minister of Finance, Dr. Gibril Ibrahim.
00:03:23Before we go to the gold sector and the discussion that
00:03:26a number was interrupted, we can comment on the report.
00:03:31Finally, this intervention A little while ago, one of the experts
00:03:33for goods, and therefore talked about health insurance and social support,
00:03:35and certainly people have in mind
00:03:37transit
00:03:38almost promise a significant decrease the Zakat Chamber and social
00:03:39equal to this amount. funds that contribute to alleviating the burden of living on citizens
00:03:43in a fundamental way. So, this is one of the fundamental and important questions
00:03:46that could... Thank you, before I also move to answering
00:03:50this question, let me just complete what
00:03:54we were talking about regarding
00:03:56all requirements in and millet in the factors that led to the fluctuation in the exchange rate
00:04:00of the national currency in recent days. In fact,
00:04:03dollar because goods are valued based on it? Why the rebellion managed
00:04:04so that citizens can obtain to print
00:04:12customs duties, they are either fully exempt of Dr. Nayyir's production very large quantities Al-Jazirah State is one of of the national currency, some of it counterfeit,
00:04:15some of it with real plates that were present in
00:04:18the Emirates and with a real design.
00:04:22They were able to sell this currency
00:04:31foreign currency.
00:04:31we comment on Yes, and this had a significant
00:04:35impact on the exchange rate.
00:04:38reach all major markets Besides that, there are
00:04:43more and be able to control currency traders' rooms where they speculate at prices where no one actually buys
00:04:46a single dollar, but they say, "Now the dollar
00:04:49mission is that the state does not work in is 8400, and soon the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This it will be 8500."
00:04:52We reached 9000, and in
00:04:54cultivated before in reality, no one buys anything or sells anything, but
00:04:57with the intention of causing confusion.
00:05:01willing. Okay, in And this confusion is harmful because everyone thinks
00:05:04about preserving the value of what
00:05:06they own in the
00:05:09and this is applied to form of foreign currency or in it serves as a deterrent to others, the form of gold. So it happens.
00:05:13And the search for a safe haven for
00:05:17their money. This caused or aggravated the damage
00:05:21and continuously feeds
00:05:23type of panic, leading to the deterioration
00:05:26of the national currency's exchange rate. But in reality, there are no
00:05:30real purchases and no real sales at the prices being talked
00:05:34about. Therefore, the citizen is right when he says
00:05:37this is artificial,
00:05:40a deliberate act, and groups are working for this
00:05:43economic war in addition to
00:05:46the military war. This is the aspect we were
00:05:49discussing. Let's talk about social support or social protection
00:05:52in general in the country. We thank
00:05:55God that we have never
00:05:57stopped supporting
00:06:00pensioners in
00:06:03the pension fund continuously, and in
00:06:06direct support for citizens
00:06:09through
00:06:11the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
00:06:14More than 460,000 people receive
00:06:18direct monthly support during the war. We did not
00:06:22stop, or we did not stop paying
00:06:25people's salaries, but we also did not stop supporting poor families. It is true that what
00:06:29they receive may not be enough,
00:06:31but it is very important that
00:06:35area. We have not stopped supporting health
00:06:39insurance and the additional package in health insurance. And praise
00:06:42be to God, the Lord of the Worlds.
00:06:44The country is also witnessing a great expansion in health insurance, despite
00:06:51different locations. We are
00:06:54with social protection and we will expand in that, God
00:06:58willing. Before we also enter the gold sector, we are talking
00:07:01about what was announced, a while ago, about a portfolio
00:07:05for the agricultural sector amounting to 3
00:07:08trillion pounds, and this
00:07:14with this amount. This is number one. Number two, we used to say
00:07:18always, Mr. Minister, when UN reports were issued from the beginning
00:07:22of the war until now, that they were biased and always wanted to
00:07:27hunger, 25 million citizens suffering from hunger and other
00:07:31things. But we always said that
00:07:35Sudan will not starve, and Sudan has agricultural
00:07:38areas that can compensate for nearly 200 million feddans, and only
00:07:4125 have been exploited. So far, it has the ability to compensate. If there
00:07:45were security problems in one area, there were other
00:07:49alternatives for compensation. However, the challenges facing
00:07:52the current season, after we reassure ourselves about the portfolio issue, the high prices
00:07:56of fuel, especially diesel, and production
00:08:00inputs, pose a real threat to a very large
00:08:03sector in Sudan, which is the agricultural sector. We want to reassure all farmers in all
00:08:07of Sudan about these
00:08:10the current time. First, the amount
00:08:14mentioned is 3 trillion and 100
00:08:18billion pounds. More than
00:08:20one trillion pounds has been spent so far
00:08:23in support of the summer season.
00:08:27We are also continuing to support
00:08:30the harvest for the summer season,
00:08:33and we are very optimistic that there will be no This is what
00:08:37was directly supported from
00:08:41the portfolio. However, there are also commercial banks that have entered
00:08:45into financing agriculture in their own way with very large
00:08:49sums of money,
00:08:52So, the situation is largely reassuring. We are also
00:08:55preparing a large number
00:08:58for the winter season, which also ensures
00:09:01the second aspect of food. Now we are very busy
00:09:05with the production of sorghum
00:09:08the areas during the summer season, but we also focus
00:09:12on wheat production in the winter season and expanding its production
00:09:16to ensure the availability of all production inputs in
00:09:19due time. So, financing, God willing, will be
00:09:22available for both seasons.
00:09:26The government is currently
00:09:28concerned with ensuring that citizens can
00:09:31eat from their own labor and from their
00:09:35rely on aid from abroad. This is our current
00:09:39concern, and God willing, we will
00:09:42not starve. This is an important point.
00:09:45We, by the grace of God, as
00:09:49you mentioned, doctor, the production
00:09:51of Gadarif during the war year covered
00:09:55a very large part of our food needs.
00:09:58And the rest of the safe
00:09:59states,
00:10:02even the people of Kassala in Kassala State cultivated areas they had never
00:10:07the previous season, for example. Therefore, thank God, we did not
00:10:10starve, and God
00:10:13the first half of 2026, the volume of
00:10:16exports was 1.8 billion dollars. We have not
00:10:20yet reached the levels that match the capabilities
00:10:23and resources of our huge natural resources. Gold
00:10:27accounted for 1.1 billion dollars,
00:10:30which differs from the performance of 2025 or is slightly
00:10:34higher. But, Mr. Minister, let us
00:10:36sector in a comprehensive way so that
00:10:40we can cover all these aspects. Journalists always ask us, "Why hasn't
00:10:44gold filled the gap that oil used to fill
00:10:47before the secession of South Sudan?" And we
00:10:50say that we always
00:10:53give an example to make the matter clear to the viewer.
00:10:57I tell them, "If an oil well appears in your home,
00:11:01does the state leave this well to you?" No, the state
00:11:04immediately takes over this matter as a national
00:11:07resource, a resource that concerns all the people
00:11:11of Sudan. It is the money
00:11:14The state takes over this resource
00:11:19If we apply this theory to gold, that we transformed
00:11:23the traditional sector into an organized sector, because it is
00:11:26clear that with the secession of South Sudan and the gap that occurred in foreign currency and in
00:11:30oil budget resources, the state released
00:11:33artisanal mining, and production became the property
00:11:37of the citizen who mined it, and not
00:11:39of all the Sudanese people. And if it came to
00:11:43the Central Bank, it would have been more beneficial to the economy. But
00:11:4780% of gold production in the traditional sector is smuggled abroad,
00:11:50most of it. What are the solutions, in addition to the fact that the traditional
00:11:54sector's use of some materials like mercury
00:11:57and cyanide in the environment has
00:12:01geologists that even surface
00:12:03exploration when we use satellites
00:12:07in the future to know what is deep
00:12:11underground, the land is not flat, and this hinders the process.
00:12:14We want a complete vision for gold and limiting its smuggling.
00:12:18What measures have you taken in
00:12:22I think the question is spot
00:12:25on. In many countries, you cannot take
00:12:29a kilo
00:12:33of sand or a kilo of dirt from
00:12:36a mine, considering it state property, considering it state property.
00:12:40Sudan, sometimes the blessing
00:12:44turns into a curse. I mean, the abundance
00:12:47of gold everywhere and on
00:12:49the surface led to citizens outstripping
00:12:52the government in gold production. And a large
00:12:56number of people entered
00:12:59this field,
00:13:01millions. It became
00:13:04a source of income for citizens on the one
00:13:08hand, and a source of income, even
00:13:11if small, for the state on the other
00:13:15at that time, the state was in dire need
00:13:17of
00:13:21very difficult to stop this matter all at once.
00:13:26And certainly, artisanal mining contributes to smuggling
00:13:31control it at the level of its widespread
00:13:35presence in the organized sector. The organized sector
00:13:37is easy to control.
00:13:41Now, the focus is entirely on regulating artisanal
00:13:44mining, as a first stage, by establishing
00:13:47markets, by defining the entry
00:13:50and exit points, and by providing
00:13:53electronic inspection devices.
00:13:55To weigh the vehicles that transport
00:13:58the ore, by monitoring the entire
00:14:02process, every step. People can
00:14:05verify the information by restricting the markets themselves.
00:14:08Now there are more than 74 gold markets.
00:14:12Now people are trying to reduce
00:14:15these markets to a reasonable number,
00:14:17and to provide
00:14:21the main markets so that miners can
00:14:25get their product, and at the same
00:14:29time, the state is informed
00:14:34of gold on that day, with a specific form
00:14:38filled out,
00:14:41a copy of which is with the government, with sufficient
00:14:44information about this product, the volume of gold in
00:14:47his possession. There is currently monitoring of
00:14:51every quantity produced in a certain market, for example, where
00:14:55it ended up. This has not yet been generalized to all markets, but
00:14:59we will gradually
00:15:04the product. And if we control the product, we will know
00:15:08exactly the quantity produced. Therefore, if
00:15:12it does not reach official export channels, we will know whether it is stored
00:15:16with the person or
00:15:19has crossed the border, and the person who
00:15:22smuggled the goods will be held accountable. What prevents the establishment of a gold
00:15:26exchange? Since 2012, 2013,
00:15:292014, the Bank of Sudan report approved
00:15:33the establishment of an exchange. In 2016, the Ministry of Minerals studied it and it reached the economic
00:15:37sector. During that period, all regulations and laws were approved. What is delaying
00:15:40the establishment of an exchange to be an
00:15:44internally instead of externally? We started establishing
00:15:47the exchange in 2022,
00:15:50and we sent delegations to study exchanges in
00:15:54Dubai at that time, in Turkey, in Egypt, in several
00:15:58countries, and they came
00:16:01the project, but the war broke out and
00:16:09an exchange for commodities, especially agricultural
00:16:13commodities.
00:16:16The war destroyed the refinery.
00:16:19And when refineries are absent, it is difficult
00:16:22to have a gold exchange
00:16:26for raw gold. You need
00:16:29easy to operate a refinery quickly, and I know that there is a refinery inside
00:16:33the refinery now that has not been installed. It is very easy to solve the problem. We are
00:16:37just waiting for the refinery to
00:16:40resume operation and produce the required
00:16:43gold bars, and then we will launch the exchange. The exchange study
00:16:47is complete, it is ready.
00:16:51We are only waiting for the refineries. And for crops,
00:16:54Gadarif market is also ready, and the White Nile
00:16:57market. We formed a committee, I think, a few days ago. If
00:17:01you followed up, the committee is now working to open
00:17:05the exchange very soon, God willing. A commodities
00:17:31In light of the economic conditions that the country is experiencing,
00:17:34media experts and academics
00:17:38have indicated that Al-Jazirah is characterized by stable
00:17:42of food supplies, and it has many economic alternatives,
00:17:46agricultural projects, and industrial cities. It leads
00:17:49the states in addressing economic distortions and solving
00:17:53the living crisis. Now, the economic effects
00:17:57that people talk about, we consider
00:18:01them bubbles intended for
00:18:04known goals and purposes.
00:18:08than official agencies. Therefore,
00:18:12we can say from the heart of Al-Jazirah that
00:18:15Al-Jazirah leads the states
00:18:18in being the exemplary alternative that
00:18:22we emulate by
00:18:25addressing the fabricated economic distortions
00:18:28according to natural rates on
00:18:31the ground. The Ministry of Finance, Economy
00:18:35and Labor in Al-Jazirah State confirmed that
00:18:38the state has taken the lead in opening markets to alleviate
00:18:41living burdens
00:18:44of measures to curb speculation in strategic
00:18:47goods and currency and rising
00:18:49prices. We salute our armed
00:18:52forces for these great victories
00:18:55they have achieved in various
00:18:58operational areas. In fact, the
00:19:01state has taken
00:19:04of measures for this purpose.
00:19:07Perhaps at the beginning, all fees
00:19:11and levies on
00:19:15goods or even local products in
00:19:19Al-Jazirah State were cancelled.
00:19:22The government of Al-Jazirah State affirmed that
00:19:26among its priorities is caring for people's livelihoods so that
00:19:29citizens can enjoy peace, security, and a decent
00:19:32life, thanks to the victories led by the armed
00:19:35forces and supporting forces in the Battle
00:19:38of Dignity. We are truly concerned
00:19:40with people's issues, especially our most
00:19:44important issues, people's livelihoods.
00:19:48the economic and agricultural states that is relied
00:19:51upon to solve the living crisis. Al-Hindi Abdul Rahman
00:19:54Abu Shamma, Sudan TV,
00:20:01Dr. Gibril
00:20:06the Revealed." Before
00:20:09the report, let's complete the last question in
00:20:12the gold sector. Why, Mr. Minister, have there been no
00:20:15deterrent sentences against those who allow themselves to
00:20:19smuggle the country's wealth abroad? And why has
00:20:22the smuggled gold not been confiscated,
00:20:25and the means used, which are certainly
00:20:292025 or 2024 or
00:20:322026 models, high-value vehicles?
00:20:35And subject the person who carried out this operation to severe sentences
00:20:39or imprisonment for a long period of time so that
00:20:46everyone. The law applies to everyone without any exception
00:20:50or influence.
00:20:51Why has this not been done? The legislation
00:20:55that punishes was updated. There
00:21:00legislation evasion and smuggling.
00:21:03Until it reaches the borders, the judge considered
00:21:06this mere evasion and not smuggling.
00:21:11the person who carried the goods
00:21:14near the borders was not prosecuted, even if
00:21:21was not considered smuggling,
00:21:24but rather evasion. And
00:21:28we appealed to the Minister of Justice
00:21:30and asked him to amend
00:21:34the legislation so that possession without documents
00:21:37constitutes smuggling,
00:21:40and the person who carries
00:21:43all precious metals and gemstones without documents is considered
00:21:47a smuggler. Now, the legislation
00:21:51and consequently the punishment are deterrent. Will
00:21:54the application be strict? We hope so. I do
00:21:58not control the application, but I hope that the judicial authorities
00:22:01will do their part. All police and security
00:22:05agencies will do their part to achieve
00:22:08what we aim for. The
00:22:11other issue is that smuggling
00:22:14also evolves with the development
00:22:17of combating methods. People have reached the point of smuggling
00:22:20with drones. And security agencies must evolve, and agencies must evolve
00:22:24more to keep up,
00:22:28because gold
00:22:31to the other side of the border and to this side.
00:22:35Therefore, they exert every effort to achieve
00:22:39their goal. The real solution, of course, is that
00:22:43incentive
00:22:47domestically. I mean, combating smuggling
00:22:50through policies more than force. No matter how hard you try,
00:22:53Sudan's borders are very wide. Okay, so
00:22:56if we talk about the report on discounted
00:22:59sales, there are many questions about
00:23:03the exchange rate and the dollar. Yes, let's start with discounted
00:23:06sales and give us clear information, at least to reassure
00:23:10all viewers about the current exchange rate situation.
00:23:13And I think we should start with the exchange rate and the message of reassurance, then complete the discounted
00:23:17sales. We believe that at the beginning of our discussion
00:23:22rate is artificial and has no
00:23:26real market. And the rate has declined
00:23:29significantly, and there are announcements of the
00:23:32availability of large quantities of foreign currencies from the Bank
00:23:36of Khartoum, from commitments from other banks,
00:23:39commitments from other banks to provide
00:23:41sufficient
00:23:43credit lines to import
00:23:47all strategic goods. Therefore, it is expected
00:23:50that demand for the dollar or foreign currency will decrease
00:23:54significantly, and consequently, the prices
00:23:58of foreign currencies against the national currency
00:24:01are expected to gradually fall,
00:24:05the unrealistic price, to reasonable prices. The
00:24:10prices, is that they
00:24:12usually go in one direction, upward, and rarely
00:24:16decline. This is a real problem.
00:24:20The prices themselves
00:24:23no one can
00:24:26in prices for all goods. However, the
00:24:30state is now making an effort to activate
00:24:33cooperatives to provide goods from their sources,
00:24:36even though all essential consumer goods have no
00:24:40customs duties or have a very low
00:24:43percentage, not exceeding 3%. We will review all
00:24:46fees that can
00:24:51help us provide these goods without fees
00:24:54goods at a reasonable price. So, there is
00:24:58an effort that will now launch completely in all
00:25:01states, in all cooperatives, to provide
00:25:04essential goods from their sources without intermediaries so that we can
00:25:08provide goods in all neighborhoods. Mr. Minister, I
00:25:11think the policy of economic liberalization does not mean chaos,
00:25:15certainly. And the state has a role in the policy of economic
00:25:18liberalization. Yes, yes. But the method of intervention is
00:25:22indirect, not direct intervention by forcing the merchant to sell at a specific
00:25:25price. And the indirect intervention is if the state knows the actual
00:25:29cost. I always used to call for a cost department in the Ministry
00:25:33of Finance, a cost department in the Bank of Sudan, in
00:25:37department's primary
00:25:39industry, but its primary mission is to scientifically
00:25:43measure the cost of producing any commodity domestically or the cost
00:25:46of importing it from abroad, just because this information
00:25:50is very important for the authorities in the
00:25:53state to make sound decisions. When I feel that a certain commodity
00:25:56costs 10 or 1000 pounds and is sold for
00:26:004000 or 5000 pounds, the state here facilitates the flow of
00:26:04this commodity to be sold at 1200, 1300, 1500.
00:26:08This will force the merchant, not by compulsion, to bring
00:26:11down the price to a reasonable level. Moreover, the experience of discounted
00:26:14sales has been tried several times, and its failure
00:26:17was due to various reasons. We also want a clear
00:26:21answer from the Minister to reassure people. One, it should be at least
00:26:26cheaper than the market. Two, it should contain goods
00:26:30that meet the daily needs of citizens. Three, it should
00:26:33be widespread, whether in Khartoum
00:26:37other states. Four, there should be a large capital.
00:26:40If a large company is entrusted with managing this operation efficiently
00:26:44with a large capital, five, continuity. All
00:26:50previous experiences. Have
00:26:53this matter in the coming period? First, I agree with
00:26:57you that the principle in
00:27:04impose a specific price on a merchant
00:27:07if you do not own it yourself. He bought with his
00:27:11money and sells with his money.
00:27:13The most effective way is to provide
00:27:17fair competition to this merchant and to provide
00:27:20goods
00:27:25fees and this, to
00:27:29reduce the prices of goods, and thus the
00:27:32merchant will be forced to sell at
00:27:35competitive prices in the market. This is what we strive for. But when
00:27:38necessary, the state itself offers the goods
00:27:41to compete in the markets. Okay, Mr. Minister, we have eight
00:27:45minutes, and we will
00:27:49Correct. Why doesn't the state import
00:27:51fuel during wartime? And it could have offered fuel at cost or
00:27:55at a price 25 to 30% lower than it is
00:27:58now. And these quick eight minutes, we will finish all the available
00:28:06the state basically relied on free
00:28:09trade, from a shortage of petroleum products, and if
00:28:13If we had decided that the state is the one that imports
00:28:16and provides
00:28:19foreign currencies to import goods, we would have
00:28:23the current circumstances, many countries have absorbed the shocks
00:28:26of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb by the state
00:28:31fuel. And it forced the private sector to reduce the level
00:28:35of profits. Why didn't that happen? In a quick answer, we
00:28:38of profits
00:28:42that importing entities achieve, and also
00:28:45now we are in the stage of reviewing
00:28:47some fees or
00:28:50gasoline. For example, the three
00:28:53commodities: wheat, flour, and sugar, and petroleum products
00:28:57amount to approximately 2.2 billion
00:29:00dollars, representing 48. 5% of the total imports
00:29:04of the state. If the state intervened and controlled some
00:29:08of these commodities, a positive change could happen. We asked
00:29:11if there is full coordination between the financial
00:29:14and monetary policies. Certainly, of course, the Central
00:29:17Bank and the Ministry
00:29:19of Finance
00:29:22work on full coordination with full pace.
00:29:26And also, there is coordination at the level of the economic sector, certainly.
00:29:29And all issues are discussed, correct.
00:29:34directly from the Ministry
00:29:37of Finance in the work of the Central Bank does not mean that the Central Bank is an independent body
00:29:40and reports directly to
00:29:43the head of the Sovereign Council. Yes, okay. There is a continuous complaint from
00:29:47importers about the customs dollar. And your opinion, information you announced in the media,
00:29:50there is no customs dollar, and I understand
00:29:53that commitment to international institutions that the dollar
00:29:57rate is unified. But if the main goal was to unify the exchange rate,
00:30:00then why when the customs dollar increases, we still go back to the customs
00:30:06not reduce the customs category to create a balance and avoid additional burden on the citizen?
00:30:10In a quick answer, basically, all basic commodities have no
00:30:15from customs duties or with a fee of about 3%
00:30:18only. Food and all basic
00:30:21commodities. The other thing is, if you try to fix the exchange
00:30:25rate of the currency for customs transactions,
00:30:30reducing commodity prices. Because the merchant does not sell
00:30:34at the official state price, but at the parallel price and at the
00:30:37replacement price above the parallel price,
00:30:41and thus you are actually achieving
00:30:45profits for the merchant
00:30:49in exchange for reducing state revenues. You are dealing with
00:30:52a private sector that was not dealing, I mean, I don't say
00:30:56with full transparency, increasing goods at a rapid pace.