Iraq & Kurdistan Regulations Library
The customs instructions, laws and regulated-product lists that decide what a shipment into Kurdistan or federal Iraq needs — official originals, each with a plain-language summary.
Every approval flag, fee line and prohibited-goods rule at a Kurdistan border crossing traces back to a small set of published documents. This library keeps the originals in one place, links each to the office that issued it, and adds a short summary of the parts that matter to an importer or exporter. If you are reading a tariff line for the first time, start with the guide to the eight approval flags.
KRG Customs Instructions No. 6 of 2016
- Issuing body
- General Directorate of Customs, Kurdistan Region (Ministry of Finance & Economy)
- Year
- 2016
- Language of original
- Kurdish (Sorani)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-29
The working rulebook of KRG customs: which ministry must approve which goods, the fee table applied per shipment, exemptions, prohibited imports, vehicle rules, transit and duty-free procedures. Issued under Article 8 of KRG Customs Law 21/1993 and Article 270 of Iraqi Customs Law 23/1984; 54 pages in twelve chapters.
Iraqi Customs Law No. 23 of 1984 (as amended)
- Issuing body
- Republic of Iraq (federal law)
- Year
- 1984
- Language of original
- Arabic
- Last verified
- 2026-09-29
Iraq’s general customs law. The Kurdistan Region applies it through Instructions 6/2016, which cite its Article 270 and devote a chapter to its application in the Region. Hosted here as the amended Arabic text; no article-by-article summary.
KRG Law No. 11 of 2012 — Cancer Patients Support Fund
- Issuing body
- Kurdistan Parliament
- Year
- 2012
- Language of original
- Kurdish (Sorani)
- Last verified
- 2026-09-29
The law behind the 5 % surcharge that appears on the customs bill for tobacco, cigarettes and alcoholic drinks (the ص.سرطان column). Article 4 names the surcharge as a revenue source of the fund. Published on legislation.krd, which offers no PDF — linked, not hosted.
Kurdistan CBCA regulated products list
- Issuing body
- Intertek, for the Kurdistan Region’s conformity programme
- Year
- issued 2023-07-25
- Language of original
- English
- Last verified
- 2026-09-29
The 119 product categories that need a Certificate of Conformity before shipment under the Kurdistan Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme. Intertek’s own document — linked, not hosted.
What the 8 approval flags in the KRG customs tariff mean
- Issuing body
- Direct Drive Logistic — guide
- Year
- 2026
- Language of original
- English
- Last verified
- 2026-09-29
The eight yes/no columns on a KRG tariff line — صحة · زراعة · بيطرة · انشائية · كوالتي · ص.سرطان · ا.داخلي · محروقات — explained: authority, official fee, documents, typical goods, and where each is written.
How to use these documents
- Look up the HS line, duty value and rate in the tariff calculator; the approval flags are read off the KRG tariff itself, and the guide tells you what each one asks for.
- For the procedure at the border — documents, sequence, who signs — read the customs clearance guide.
- For which crossing serves your lane and which customs system it runs, use the border crossings map.
Clearing a shipment into Kurdistan or federal Iraq?
Send the HS line and the origin; we answer with the approvals and the lane.
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