Dubai Customs completes 381,000 declarations during Eid

Dubai Customs completes 381,000 declarations during Eid

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Dubai / WAM

Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director-General of Dubai Customs and CEO of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, said Dubai Customs completed 381,275 customs declarations during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

He affirmed that Dubai Customs keeps pace with Dubai’s dynamic progress by developing smart customs systems and programmes that work around the clock to fulfill the needs of clients at any time and place.

Musabih said, “The current global economic challenges, in which the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic is intertwined with the effects of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, and the disruption of supply chains have highlighted the importance of the role played by global trade hubs in linking international markets and supporting regularity of the supply chains. The UAE has emerged as a significant global trade hub thanks to its advanced infrastructure, strategic location and developed systems, applications, and operations.

“We have completed 24 million transactions in 2021, growing 50% compared to 2020, which amounted to 16 million transactions.

Some 99.6 percent of the transactions were completed online through the department’s smart systems, where the smart workspace platform enabled the completion of the customs declaration in less