dubai customs director general presents a lecture on enhancing the performance and capacity building to move from normal clearance to a paperless one
A lecture for Dubai Customs on accompanying the latest technological breakthroughs
Dubai Customs Director General, Mr. Ahmed Butti Ahmed gave a presentation on the “role in enhancing the performance and building the capacity to move from the normal clearance to the paperless environment of the e-clearance” during the proceedings of the “Supply Chain Management” Conference organized between the 19th and the 20th of November at Grand Habtoor Hotel-Dubai
In his presentation, Mr. Butti elaborated on the concept of “Supply Chain” which refers to the continuous linking of activities that take place for the systematic movement of goods from the place of origin to the place of destination.
“Dubai Customs, as a government agency, has a task in securing the supply chain, since a disrupted supply chain has a direct effect on the economy and risks the lives of citizens,” he explained.
“Dubai Customs are enhancing the performance and capacity building for the purpose of moving from normal clearance to the paperless environment while establishing a real partnership between Dubai Customs and the private sector based on the common responsibility and cooperation contributing in common goals achievements and consolidating the economic growth of Dubai,” he added.
Dubai Customs Director General explained that Customs are now using modern technology which can provide the possibility to rapidly pick up information from their databases while providing eligible customers with a level of service which recognizes their past record and future intention to remain compliant with Customs requirements .By alleviating Customs involvement in low risk transactions, it also allows Customs resources to concentrate on transactions of higher, or unknown, risk,” he said.
“We are keen to organize our customers’ transactions by presenting a wide range of services in conformity with our legal framework to assure a mutual benefit for both parties, helping them to reach their common goals and assuring their voluntary compliance to the Common Customs Law which is working on opening channels of cooperation between Customs and UAE business sector,” he added.
Mr. Butti concluded that “Dubai Customs system considers all customers whether they were traders, brokers of freighters as key contributors to the international trade supply chain”.
