Closing of meetings of customs officials in Arab countries

The activities of the 39th meeting of Arab Customs Directors were closed at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in Cairo.

Meetings were held on 24 and 25 July 2019 to promote and facilitate trade between Arab countries and the Arab Customs Union, as part of efforts to reach the desired stage of Arab economic integration, by presence of Kamal Najem, head of the Egyptian customs authorities.

The meetings were opened Wednesday morning by Mr. Kamal Hbadan Ali, Under-Secretary-General for Economic Affairs, in which he welcomed the Arab Customs Directors, highlighting the important role they play in the service of business. Arab economic integration at the level of Arab customs cooperation. Or the Arab customs union.

The head of the customs administration stressed the importance of customs cooperation among Arab countries to enrich Arab joint action, improve the work of Arab customs, strengthen Arab economic integration and to reach the Arab Customs Union and help strengthen intra-Arab trade.

The Director General of the General Administration of Customs of Kuwait chaired the current session, which began with a review of the reservations made by member countries regarding the unified Arab customs bill, its rules of procedure. 39 execution and its explanatory note, which he decided to present. In the amendment and addition, take what he considers to be a bias for addiction.

In addition to continuing the work of the HS System Harmonization Committee to complete the translation and introduction of HS annotations updated in 2017, update the list of products not applicable to the Executive Program for reasons Religious, Environmental, Health and Safety, Security and Supply Chain Facilitation of the Economic and Social Council, consider adopting it as a guiding initiative.

Participants called for a workshop on strategic development plans for Arab countries, which will help to increase the level of exchange of experiences among Arab countries.

Ahmed Shehata, Director General of the Technical Office of the Chief of the Customs Authority, Atef Ibrahim, Director General of Internal Communications, Adel Khalil, Director General of Public Relations, Ali Jalal, Ahmed Karem, Office Directors Technical Head of the Customs Authority, Heads of departments.