MEC orders shops to remove all goods from blockading countries from its shelves

Qatar’s Ministry of Economy and Commerce has instructed shops and commercial complexes operating in the country to remove all goods imported from blockading countries — Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — from its shelves with immediate effect, reported The Peninsula.

Inspectors of the Consumer Protection Department at the Ministry has already started visiting shops and commercial complexes across Qatar to ensure the decision is carried out.

منافذ البيع والمجمعات الاستهلاكية بدأت تنفيذ قرار وزارة @MEC_QATAR بإزالة ورفع جميع بضائع #دول_الحصار .#مرسال_قطر pic.twitter.com/T7W7oO3k81

— شبكة مرسال قطر (@Marsalqatar) May 26, 2018

وزارة الاقتصاد والتجارة تلزم منافذ البيع والمجمعات الاستهلاكية العاملة في الدولة بإزالة ورفع جميع البضائع التي تم استيرادها من #دول_الحصار بدءا من اليوم .
ادعم المنتج الوطني #مرسال_قطر pic.twitter.com/mTvh1JboZG

— شبكة مرسال قطر (@Marsalqatar) May 26, 2018

The instruction was made in a circular dated May 26, 2018, from  Assistant Undersecretary for the Consumer Protection Affairs at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Sheikh Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani to all shops and commercial complexes.