Dubai Customs meet highlights its role in the success of Expo 2020

Dubai Customs meet highlights its role in the success of Expo 2020

In its first quarterly meeting in 2022, Dubai Customs Consultative Council (DCCC) applauded Dubai’s exceptional hosting of Expo 2020 Dubai. Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director-General of Dubai Customs, CEO of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation highlighted the great efforts exerted in organising this global grand event, including Dubai Customs’, which helped with the clearance of the fair’s goods that are worth around Dhs1 billion. The total number of visits to the world’s fair since it opened on 1st October had reached 20 million on Saturday. In the presence of Dubai’s business groups, members of the DCCC, Musabih said government services are becoming more efficient and integrated with the launch of “Services 360” vision by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council. Discussions and presentations in the meeting covered Dubai Customs’ performance in 2021. Around 99.6 per cent of customs transactions are completed through smart channels, which helped increase the number of transactions to 24 million in 2021, growing 50 per cent from 16 million in 2020. “This is getting the emirate closer to achieving its milestone of Dhs2 trillion in trade in the coming years. Trade is growing, and