Doha: The General Authority of Customs (GAC) has said that a total of 285,944 customs declarations were released last month, while the number of seizures reports in September 2020 was 297.
According to the Authority’s statistics for September 2020, the top importing country was China, while the top exporting country was India. The data also indicated that the percentage of customs declarations released within an hour was 99 percent.
The statistics also show that the Authority has also completed 262,167 customs declarations in air cargo customs, and 23,740 customs declarations in maritime customs.
Regarding the number of customs declarations transferred to government agencies, the statistics show the number stands at 25,757.
In addition to this, Customer Services Center of the General Authority of Customs has launched 2 new services related to obtaining vehicle movement certificate, and registering the imported vehicles through Al Nadeeb system.
The new two services will help all dealers, including individuals, commercial companies, and customs clearance companies to finish their transactions related to these services by obtaining certificates electronically.
This comes in line with the Authority’s strategic plan to convert all paper-based transactions into electronic, by automating all services provided by the customer service center and all its offices in customs ports.
The Authority has achieved this work through the cooperation among several administrations, especially operations and risk analysis administration in addition to informatic company.
