Completed 24 million customs transactions in 2021

Dubai Customs disposes goods worth one billion dirhams to Expo 2020 Dubai

The advisory board of "Dubai Customs" reviewed a number of qualitative initiatives.

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During its meeting in the first quarter of 2022, the Advisory Board of Dubai Customs praised the exceptional hosting of Expo 2020 Dubai.

The Director General of Dubai Customs, CEO of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, praised the efforts made in organizing this global event, which culminated in the registration of 20 million visits to the exhibition until March 19, amid confirmations of the world’s confidence in the success of the UAE In organizing a distinguished exhibition, and achieving more achievements at all levels, under its wise leadership, noting that Dubai Customs has cleared shipments and goods worth nearly one billion dirhams, directed exclusively to the World Exhibition.

government services

The Director General of Dubai Customs, in the presence of business and trade groups, members of the Advisory Council, stressed that government services are expected to advance to new stages of efficiency, integration and development, with the launch of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, "360 Services Policy", which aims to continue to improve and develop government services, and move them to exceptional pioneering levels.

customs transactions

The meeting dealt with the most prominent performance rates of “Dubai Customs” for the year 2021, as the Director General confirmed that the department is working to develop its technical capabilities, through new innovations, which will enable it to improve the quality and speed of completion of customs transactions, as 99.6% of these transactions are completed through Smart systems, which enabled an increase in completed customs transactions, to reach 24 million transactions in 2021, registering a strong growth of 50%, compared to 2020, which recorded 16 million transactions.

He stressed that this continuous progress supports Dubai's leading role in global and regional trade, and enables the emirate to achieve the goal of its plan, by reaching the value of foreign trade to two trillion dirhams, pointing out that Dubai's trade indicators are achieving upward growth. "This growth reflects the importance of the partnership between the two sectors," he said. public and private, in promoting sustainable economic and commercial development.

logistic passport

During the meeting, a number of qualitative initiatives provided by the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation to traders and dealers, which aim to enhance Dubai's position as a global hub in trade, and increase corporate returns, were reviewed.

The head of the Global Logistics Passport initiative at DP World, Abdul Rahman bin Haider, gave a presentation on the “Global Logistics Passport” initiative, which is one of the most prominent initiatives to support international trade facilitation and enable it to increase its annual growth pace.

The logistic passport provides traders and investors from all over the world with the best incentives and commercial and logistical facilities that enable them to enhance their financial return, as the initiative led by the private sector aims to facilitate the flow of global trade, provide access to global markets by establishing new trade routes, and provide The economic efficiency of the initiative members, enabling the members of the program to achieve an annual increase in trade by an average of 5% to 10%.

For his part, the Director of E-Commerce at DP World, Salem Abdeen, presented the e-commerce platform (

), the first project of the "DP World Group" in the e-commerce sector. The most important amendments to the new trademark law in the UAE.

2495 companies in the trade of vegetables and fruits

Artin Yitzner, from the "Vegetable and Fruit Dealers Working Group", gave a presentation on the market for vegetables and fruits, globally, regionally and locally.

He revealed that the number of companies operating in the vegetable and fruit trade sector in Dubai has reached 2,495, at a time when the value of retail food trade in the UAE amounted to $55 billion in 2019, and is expected to reach $75 billion in 2025, with a growth rate of 5.3%.

He pointed out that the UAE ranked 21 globally in the Global Food Security Index for 2019, advancing from 31st place in 2018, and aspires to be among the top 10 countries in this field.

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