The Federal Customs Authority, in cooperation with the local customs departments, has adopted the executive procedures for the unification of the customs regulations in the UAE and the adoption of a unified electronic customs system in the local customs departments and border crossings, thus contributing to supporting the security system and facilitating trade.
In June, the Cabinet approved the implementation of a unified electronic customs system in all customs administrations in the UAE and its ports under the supervision of the Federal Customs Authority.
"The implementation of a unified electronic customs system at the state level contributes to the achievement of the strategic objectives of the vision of the UAE 2021, in two axes of its main axes: establishing the rules and policies of a secure society, and building a competitive economy," said customs commissioner Ali Saeed Matar Al Niyadi, Based on knowledge, "pointing out that the new unified customs system will transform the objectives of the unified customs strategy into reality, especially with regard to the objectives of strengthening the customs security system to ensure the sustainability of the security of the society and the development of customs work to facilitate trade and passenger traffic.
He pointed out that customs electronic systems are one of the most effective tools in risk management, customs control, clearing customs transactions, facilitating the smooth flow of goods. The unification of customs regulations in the country is one of the basic security and customs requirements of the unified customs strategy in the country.
Al Nayadi explained that the implementation of unified electronic customs system at the level of the State contributes to the completion of the requirements of the Gulf Customs Union by supporting the mechanism of direct automatic transfer of customs duties between the GCC countries, which was implemented by Emirati initiative in November 2015.
The Authority has prepared a detailed study of the customs regulations applied in the country by a technical committee of specialists in the Authority and the local customs departments, where there is a discrepancy in the capabilities and capabilities of the systems applied by the local customs departments in a number of axes, namely risk management, Exchange of information and data, as well as policies and laws, and the Commission has studied many international experiences to benefit from, most notably the experiences of China, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Sweden.
He pointed out that the Commission's plan includes the implementation of the unified electronic customs system in phases. The first phase begins with two local customs departments possessing the necessary infrastructure and capabilities. The implementation of the system in full to all local departments according to the proposed timetable will take 26 months.
The entire system application on all circuits will take 26 months.