President Awn to the delegation of the Marble and Granite Manufacturers Association: the measures to combat contraband through the railway crossings will be more and more stringent and we will take measures to prevent the escape tax

The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, told the delegation of the Association of Manufacturers of Marbles, Granites and Cement of the day during a meeting with him today at the Baabda Palace, in the presence of deputies Nazih Najm and Roger Azar, the measures taken by the security and customs services concerned to fight against smuggling by legal or illegal crossing. Will be strengthened in the coming period, on the one hand, the protection of Lebanese production sectors and, on the other hand, in order to avoid the wastage of the revenue of the State, noting that at the same time, measures will be taken to prevent tax evasion and royalties following the recent increase in these practices.

President Aoun said the economic stimulus package, focused on strengthening the production sector, will be placed under the direct patronage of marble factory owners and other industrialists, after finding that the annuity economy adopted over the years had not achieved the desired economic growth. Aoun said that several measures would be taken to correct the imbalance of the financial system, especially economic conditions in general.

Union president Ibrahim al-Mallah thanked Aoun for his support of the government's recently approved protection measures for the domestic industry, including marble, granite and cement casting plants. He expressed the hope that these measures would lead to a happy conclusion, "as opportunities for development of the national economy are available,.
He called on the navigator to combat smuggling through illegal crossings, tax evasion through legal land, sea and air crossings, and to stop dumping by establishing procedural controls authorized by the system. global trade and fighting against the illegal competition of non-Lebanese or unregistered institutions, acting outside the regulatory and legal framework, Stimulate exports by paying refunds to industrialists and support the head of financial capital through a similar financial architecture to that approved for banks and by re-evaluating tangible badets, equipment and inventories.

"An integrated business cycle can not be secure.Austerity leads to a new contraction, while the increase in production results in an increase in the size of the economy, the creation of a new economy. jobs and revitalization of the whole cycle, "he said.

"In our industry, the focus is on the domestic market which must first reduce the import bill and more than on exports," he said. "Industries are not export oriented". And present a number of requests to encourage industry, including to adopt the source invoices certified by the chambers of commerce and industry, to compare them with those presented to Lebanese customs, the closing of all points of sale. smuggling and the establishment of additional checkpoints at the entrances of all provinces, as well as the provision of all crossing points and entrances to Lebanon. The situation and the task of the Customs to help the security forces to search companies suspected of entering illegal goods and to ensure the protection of customs, either through a lump-sum protection on items received by the Prime Minister and the relevant ministries, and by a tariff on materials As in Lebanon, from 10 to 15% with the exemption of raw materials, machinery and equipment. "

He also proposed the development of financial engineering for the sector in order to provide incentives and financial controls on exports between 15 and 25%, and to reschedule the debts of banks to industrialists over a period of 7 years. to 2 years to allow a reduction of benefits and interests of industrialists, at least 5% The contribution of banks to the recovery of the economy, which leads them to a promising banking movement, the facilities offered to industrialists and to the rehabilitation of industrial zones, the removal of unauthorized factories and the preference given to the national industry in the State of Tamazim, as well as the reduction of municipal fees imposed on industrialists and the state of Tamazim; the adoption of a special tariff for industrialists. AT.