A meeting chaired by Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi discusses arrangements for receiving containers at the port of Hodeidah

A meeting in Sana’a, chaired by a member of the Supreme Political Council, Muhammad Ali al-Houthi, discussed arrangements for receiving ships and containers at the port of Hodeidah.

The meeting, in the presence of Minister of Industry and Trade Abdel Wahab Al-Durra, Minister of Transport Amer Al-Marani and Deputy Minister of Industry Mohammed Al-Hashemi, reviewed the arrangements that have been made to prepare the port of Hodeidah to receive containers and cargo ships, and the facilities granted by the state and the government to traders to encourage them to return to the port of Hodeidah.

During the meeting, a member of the Supreme Political Council confirmed that the Supreme Directives to provide all facilities to the private and commercial sector, suspend 49 percent of the customs tariff, and calculate the value of the customs dollar at an amount of two hundred and fifty riyals for everyone who imports through the port of Hodeidah stems from the keenness of the revolutionary leadership and the Supreme Political Council to reduce burdens on citizens. resulting from the aggression, the siege, and the decisions of the countries of aggression and their mercenaries regarding raising the price of customs tariffs.

He pointed out the need to activate aspects of coordination between the ministries of industry and transport, the private sector, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the navigational sector in the import process from Hodeidah port for various commodities and basic and consumer goods.

He pointed out that these meetings and meetings come to discuss any problems facing the private sector and to develop solutions to them, based on the keenness of the leadership and the state to alleviate the suffering of the people and its awareness of the role of the national private sector in the development process as an essential partner for the advancement of the country.. He stressed that the Supreme Political Council will spare no effort in Supporting this sector and overcoming the difficulties it faces in order to enable it to carry out its developmental role as required.

The member of the Supreme Political Council urged all parties to encourage the private and commercial sector and provide more benefits to importers from all governorates of the Republic of Yemen through the port of Hodeidah, facilitating procedures for trade movement and reactivating its international commercial and shipping activity

He stressed the importance of concerted government and private sector efforts to prevent the few traders who are trying to exploit the current conditions to manipulate the prices of some materials.

Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi renewed his praise for the position of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in all governorates rejecting the decisions of the mercenary government to raise the price of customs tariffs and printing illegal currencies.

For his part, the Minister of Industry and Trade indicated that the ministry provided all facilities to the commercial sector and importers from all governorates to facilitate the import process from Hodeidah port and solve any problems facing commercial and economic work.

He reviewed the ministry’s efforts in cooperating with the private and commercial sector to continue the provision and flow of food and basic commodities to the markets, and to follow up on the stability of the supply and price situation to alleviate the suffering of citizens as a result of the aggression, the siege, and the arbitrary steps taken by the countries of aggression, including raising the price of customs tariffs.

He stressed the importance of such meetings, which are held on an ongoing basis with the private sector to study market conditions and exchange visions and ideas on ways to serve the citizen as a shared responsibility.

Minister Al-Durra pointed to the results of the meeting with the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen to inform him of the difficulties facing the private sector in the process of transporting goods from Aden to Sana’a via rugged, long and unsafe roads and the high cost resulting from that, as well as the suffering of citizens as a result of these arbitrary decisions and the demand for a greater role To the United Nations to neutralize the economy and put pressure on the countries of aggression to cancel all arbitrary decisions that harm the lives of citizens.

The Minister of Transport referred to the efforts of the ministry and its affiliated bodies and institutions and its plans to provide services and facilities to the private sector, especially with regard to facilitating the process of unloading ships and containers at the port of Hodeidah.

He pointed out that a mechanism has been put in place to alleviate the suffering of traders and importers to ensure that all procedures are completed in a fast track and in the shortest possible time, in addition to significant reductions in service fees.

For his part, the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade reviewed the results of his visit to Hodeidah Governorate to review all the equipment in Hodeidah Port and to coordinate with the governorate’s leadership, the Ports Corporation, and the Chambers of Commerce and Navigation.

He touched on the results of the outcomes of the consultative meeting of the economic and commercial sectors, which was held in Hodeidah on the implementation of the directives of the Supreme Political Council regarding the necessary measures to secure the arrival and distribution of imported food and pharmaceutical goods and products, and basic needs.

Al-Hashemi indicated that a joint operations room was formed to solve any problems encountered by importers through the port of Hodeidah, and to establish a special register in the operations room of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and to give priority to any complaint about any obstruction in the port of Hodeidah, under the direct supervision of the ministry’s leadership.

He pointed out that the Yemeni Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control has equipped an integrated laboratory, which is one of the most modern laboratories in Yemen and the Middle East to examine food inside the port.

The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport for Maritime and Ports