New Arar point of sale in accordance with international specifications. The first of the Kingdom

He said: Customs has put together a set of incentives and exemptions for Saudi industry

Ahmed Al-Qahbani, governor of the General Administration of Customs, said today at a public meeting with industrialists meeting in the Riyadh House that the Authority had prepared a set incentives, customs exemptions and protection for the Saudi industry. And serves the national economy by emphasizing that the role of Customs in achieving this vision is important and detailed.

Al-Qahbani said that the Authority had adopted many initiatives in favor of the industrial sector, particularly with regard to two systems of tariff exemptions, the exemption for all imports of raw materials. industrial and semi-finished products, machinery and equipment and spare parts.

He added: "The customs authorities have prepared the draft restructuring of the procedures for customs exemptions and restrictions, as one of the initiatives aimed at shortening the procedures and legalizing the lists of goods subject to restrictions and restrictions. update them with stakeholders, highlighting the efforts of the Authority to facilitate procedures to support the domestic industry and to reorganize export procedures.

He stated that these procedures had resulted in the reduction of the average duration of the investigation less than 24 hours after 14 days ago, the reduction of the required documents from 9 documents to only two documents and the prior submission of the customs declaration of the required documents electronically before the release of the goods from the warehouse, and the increase of the working time at the customs offices of export services.

He explained that the customs facilities for the industrial sector were grouped together in a single window and that 25 entities mainly contributed to facilitating the import and export procedures, as well as a platform allowing for Open 100 electronic services to different parties involved in the import and export procedures.

A member of the board of directors of the chamber and vice chairman of the committee of industry, energy and mineral resources, Bandar al-Kharayef, led a dialogue between governors and the He noted that the committee was communicating with government agencies to address the issues and challenges facing the industry, noting that cooperation with customs was intended to serve importers and exporters. The industrialization of the Kingdom occupies a prominent place in the export of industrial products.

He pointed out that Customs was developing Kingdom outlets in accordance with the latest developments and technologies used around the world, and that the new Arar project had international specifications and that it would be the first point of sale of the Kingdom with its technology. And its global competition, emphasizing its importance for the development of trade between the Kingdom and Iraq and the development of the border area, and to provide facilities to passers-by.

For his part, the President of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, Ajlan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan, appreciated the role played by the General Customs Authority in facilitating the procedures of exporters and importers and supporting the industrial sector of the country. Kingdom, pointing out that this represented a safety valve to prevent the entry of materials in violation of Saudi specifications and Kingdom standards. The Chamber and the Authority serve the industrial sector in accordance with the vision of the 2030 Kingdom and the promotion of logistics services.

Engineer Abdulrahman Al-Thokair, undersecretary at the Customs Bureau, said Customs security could control 140 million tablets of Cptagon in 2018, highlighting the vigilance of customs officials to deter violators .