Iraq's Corruption
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What the Central Bank refused

From January 2013 to February 2015 the Central Bank's committee turned down $24.6 billion of the banks' requests for dollars, 27% of what they asked for in 2013. The committee wrote down the reason for each refusal in its daily minutes. This page shows those reasons as read from the scanned minutes.

Year by year

YearBanks asked forCommittee refusedShare
2012$270.2 million$0.2 million0%
2013$64.58 billion$17.70 billion27%
2014$40.94 billion$5.97 billion15%
2015(January to February)$2.19 billion$889.6 million41%
Source: The Central Bank committee's daily minutes; rows that pass the arithmetic checks onlyTier A

The reasons the committee wrote down

A single refusal can carry more than one reason, so the amounts here add up to more than the total refused. 9.9% of the reasons cannot be read in the surviving scans.

Every refusal, as read from the scanned minutes

Largest first. Company names are given as read from the scanned minutes. They are not accusations.

57 rows

The reasons were read from scanned pages of the Central Bank's minutes, the reading may contain errors, and the scanned page is the authority.

DateBankRefusedOf a request forReasonAs read from the scanned minutes
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$19.7 million$19.7 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankحسب مذكرة الصيرفة المرقمة 1570 في
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$18.7 million$18.7 millionHeld back for auditالاغراض تدقيقية
1 March 2014Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$15.9 million$15.9 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم وجود موافقة الصيرفة على المدير
25 January 2015Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$14.6 million$19.7 millionHeld back for auditستبعاد !ت1 وت2) لاغراض تدقيقية
17 April 2014Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$14.1 million$14.1 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankبموجب مذكرة الصيرفة المرقمة 1570/2/9 فى 2014/4/16
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$14 million$14 millionOther reasons2014/4/16 13.961.000 ثصيرفة المرقمة 1570 في
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$13.5 million$19.7 millionHeld back for auditاستبعاد !تاوت2) لاغراض تدقيقية
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$12.2 million$18.7 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
9 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$9.9 million$9.9 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
2 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$9.6 million$9.6 millionCompany's activity does not match the goods; Names or details do not matchاختلاف نشاط الزبون التجاري
3 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$8.3 million$8.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$8.1 million$13.4 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
22 May 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$7.7 million$21.7 millionCompany's activity does not match the goods; Names or details do not matchلاختلاف نشاط المستفيد تسلسل ,4,6,7,9)
8 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$7.5 million$9.7 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$7.5 million$12.5 millionCompany's activity does not match the goods; Names or details do not matchالاختلاف نشاط المستفيد تسلسل !1,3,5) في كشف الحوالات
8 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$7.5 million$28.7 millionHeld back for auditغراض تدقيقية
12 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$6.7 million$6.7 millionHeld back for auditغراض تدقيقية
7 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$6.2 million$13.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق برقم وتاريخ الفاتورة
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$5.2 million$5.2 millionOther reasons201/4/16 5.208.000 الصة المرقمة 1570
10 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4.6 million$4.6 millionOld or invalid invoiceرقم وتاريخ الفاتورة قديم
19 August 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4.5 million$18.9 millionProblem with the import licence; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم ارفاق اجازة الاستيراد تسلسل ,!6,7,8,9,10,11)
24 August 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4.5 million$33.5 millionProblem with the import licenceتاربخ الاجازة المذكورة في الكشف يختلف عن تاريخ الاجازة المرفقة
14 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4.5 million$12.7 millionOther reasonsالفاتورة
17 February 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankلوجود عقوبة على المصرف
18 March 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionOther reasonsعدم شمولها في التقديم لهذا اليوم
31 March 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$13.3 millionMissing or faulty documentsعدم وجود عناوين المخولين على كشوفات الشراء
20 May 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$6.5 millionOther reasonsلتقديمه الشراء بتاريخ الامس
23 June 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$18.5 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم وجود ختم وتوقيع المسؤولين من قبل المصرف على كشوفات الزبائن
30 June 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$12.1 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم جلب بيانات الزبائن على flash memory
7 July 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم تقديمه فلاش باسماء الزبائن
15 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionMissing or faulty documents; Penalty on, or suspension of, the bankعدم وجود توقيع المدير المفوض على استمارة الشراء ولم يردنا اي كتاب يبرر عدم التوقيع رغم اتصالنا وتبليغنا المصرف عدة مرات هذا اليوم ولا يؤخذ بتخويل من المصرف
29 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionOther reasonsعدم توقيع كشف البيع النقدي من قبل المدير المفوض
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionOther reasonsلورود طلب دخول المزاد في نفس يوم المزاد
6 October 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankحسب مذكرة المديرية العامة لمراقبة الصيرفة والانتمان المرقمة 3169 في
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$4 million$4 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankاستنادا الى مذكرة الصيرفة والانتمان المرقمة 3169 في 2013/10/5
11 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$3.9 million$11.6 millionHeld back for auditاغراض تدقيقية
9 June 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$3.8 million$14.9 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية ,من تسلسل 6 الى 44)
9 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$3.6 million$15.4 millionHeld back for auditاغراض تدقيقية
undatedIraqi Middle East Investment Bank$3.5 million$20.3 millionProblem with the import licenceلانتهاء صلاحية اجازة الاستيراد تسلسل !,!4) في كشف الحوالة
20 August 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$3.2 million$3.2 millionOther reasonsعدم مطابقة مجموع كشف الحوالة مع تفاصيل طلبات الزبائن
3 September 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$3.1 million$32.1 millionOther reasonsلانتهاء تاريخ الفاتورة
13 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$2.9 million$8.2 millionOther reasonsعدم تناسب المبلغ مع المادة المستوردة
26 June 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$2.5 million$14.7 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدفيقية تسلسل ,!4) في كشف الحوالات
6 June 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$2.1 million$26.1 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
30 May 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$2 million$16.2 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم ذكر تاريخ الفاتورة تسلسل ,1) في كشف الحوالات
29 December 2014Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$1.8 million$2.8 millionHeld back for auditالاغراض تدقيية
15 June 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$1.7 million$8.6 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تسلسل !,!6,5,4)
1 April 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$1.2 million$8.9 millionNames or details do not match; Missing or faulty documentsعدم وجود العنوان الوظيفي للمخولين اضافة الى اختلاف في الختم
21 May 2013Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank$0.5 million$9 millionProblem with the import licenceتاريخ اجازة الاستيراد قديم تسلسل !,!7)
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Company names in the Central Bank's notes are shown as read from the scanned minutes. They are not accusations. If a bank appears on this page, it means only that the committee refused part of its request on that day.