Defines travel baggage allowance, prohibited items, exempt baggage, and excess baggage charges
Dubai Customs clarifies the list of customs exemptions for travelers
Gifts whose value does not exceed 3000 dirhams are allowed.
From the source
Ibrahim Al Kamali: “The Passenger Operations Department plays a major role in facilitating customs procedures for travelers and achieving their happiness.”
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Dubai Customs is keen to enrich the travelers’ experience by providing many customs advantages and facilities that increase the pleasure of their travel, in addition to developing the best inspection and control systems, which made it a model for developing the customs work system globally. Therefore, sustainability in innovation and creativity in providing services Smart and distinguished, they have become a way of life and nature of work for the work team in the department.
Dubai Customs, through its website
www.dubaicustoms.gov.ae
, provides the customs guide for travelers, which includes introducing them to the baggage that is permitted when traveling, prohibited items, and baggage exempt from customs duties and taxes, and the collection of excess baggage fees over the permitted carriage.
customs fees
The guide revealed the materials allowed to be entered and exempted from customs duties at the airport. Gifts whose value does not exceed 3000 dirhams and cigarettes are allowed to be brought in, provided that their number is 400 cigarettes, 50 cigars, or 500 grams of tabaco (chopped or pressed tobacco designated for gallons). All travelers aged 18 years and over, arriving or departing from and to the UAE, must disclose to the customs inspector their possessions of cash, checks, promissory notes, payment orders, precious metals or stones. With a value of more than 60,000 dirhams, or its equivalent in foreign currencies, at the customs checkpoint. As for travelers under the age of 18, the money in their possession is added to the permissible limit for their guardian or escort.
Exemption terms
Dubai Customs has specified in the guide conditions for exemption from customs duties, including that the luggage and gifts are of a personal nature and in limited non-commercial quantities, and that the traveler should not be one of those working in the trade of materials in his possession, and customs duties are imposed on the excess quantities and values that are received with the traveler. Excess quantities and values with travelers for trade purposes. All customs procedures applicable to imported goods are applied to them, in terms of customs tariff, value, and procedures for organizing the customs declaration. And about some restricted materials that come with the traveler and are subject to approvals, including pets, agricultural seedlings, print or visual publications, photographic equipment for the purposes of shooting news, films or official events, cosmetics, food products, including poultry and frozen birds, wireless and electronic devices, and aircraft without Pilot.
Dubai Customs, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, allows the traveler to bring medicines for personal use for a period not exceeding three months, as the traveler must obtain a prescription from an approved hospital or doctor, including patient details and a description of the health condition, and all Medicines are placed in the original package, and the expiry date is written on it, according to the procedures of the Ministry of Health.
Prohibited Substances
As for the prohibited substances, they are narcotic drugs, betel leaves, paan, and narcotics, and everything that contravenes the laws and procedures of the state and the unified law.
Ibrahim Al Kamali, Director of Passenger Operations Department at Dubai Customs, said: “The Passenger Operations Department, within the Dubai Customs plan (2021-2026), plays a key role in facilitating customs procedures for travelers, achieving their happiness, receiving them the optimal reception, and improving the services provided to them, which reflects the image The civilization of the UAE in general and the Emirate of Dubai in particular, and enhances Dubai's reputation as the capital of tourism and business, and we are constantly working on the smooth flow of passengers at Dubai airports, and the protection of society by controlling narcotic and prohibited substances. What is permitted and prohibited, and evidence is available on the department’s website.
Customs system development
Ibrahim Al Kamali, Director of Passenger Operations Department at Dubai Customs, said, “The development of smart customs systems contributes directly to accelerating the flow of travelers coming to the country, especially with the developments of the (Corona) virus globally, and therefore the update of the (iDeclare smart early disclosure) program is of particular importance. Under the current circumstances, the application allows those coming to Dubai to disclose in advance the (goods, personal effects and gifts, coins, and cash) received with the traveler. The application also provides the feature of requesting the completion of incoming transactions before arriving in the country. The development of the program activates the artificial intelligence feature, by enabling the application to identify the goods to be disclosed as soon as they are photographed, and then provide the coordinator code and determine the customs fees due on them, and activate the scanner to read and store travel information without the need to fill it out, and view the services of the Dubai International Airport building locating restaurants,Duty free, exit gates and Dubai Customs employees’ presence areas.
• Disclosing cash, checks, and precious metals that exceed 60,000 dirhams, or their equivalent in foreign currencies.
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