Doha: The total number of customs declarations released in June 2020 stands at 318,743, according to statistics of the General Authority of Customs on June 2020.
The statistics released by the Authority on its website showed that it has also completed 2,97,090 customs declarations in air cargo customs, and 21,644 customs declarations in maritime customs.
For the number of customs declarations transferred to government agencies, the number stands at 23,141 according to statistics released by the General Authority of Customs.
The data also indicated that the percentage of customs declarations released in an hour was 99 percent. The top importing country was United States of America, while the top exporting country was India.
Speaking about Hamad Port’s role in the movement of imports and exports and focusing on the tasks and roles of inspection department at Hamad Port, Fawaz Ibrahim Alsaada, head of inspection department in Hamad Port said that Hamad Port is one of the biggest ports in the Middle East and it is the main commercial port in Qatar as well as an external commercial port.
He also said that “70% of Qatar’s imports pass through Hamad Port after the closure of the only land port due to imposition of blockade on the State of Qatar.”
Regarding modern technology being used at Hamad Port, Alsaada pointed out: “There is no doubt that Hamad Port is marked by a large number of advanced and modern devices, where there are 4 main and large inspection devices dedicated for all containers when entering the central area (customs campus), and 2 high density devices (for suspicious cases) which have paths to be discovered in 2 or 3 minutes.
“There is a direct connection with the radiology office,” he said, adding that the current inspection platforms contain 96 containers parking divided into 3 platforms.
