DISPLAYING ITEMS BY TAG: Customs Clearence

Kindly note that Dubai Customs have made some changes to facilitate the traders in respect to Customs Clearance of Declarations with enhanced services, effective October 09, 2020, as follows.

1. Collection of Deposit through Debit Account

Dubai Customs have enhanced Debit Account facility for the Customers as one of the payment methods to pay Deposit for Customs Declarations submitted online and Bureau Service. The Declarant shall now be able to use Debit Account in addition to Standing Guarantee for all the declarations where deposit is required. This facility is available to all kind of Deposits for Customs Declaration through all submission channels.

Applicable Scenarios:

• Submission of New Customs Declaration wherein deposit is required.
• Amendment on Customs Declaration that requires an additional deposit where the deposit was originally paid through Debit Account.

Following are the behavior of Debit Account in case of B2G submission of Declaration.

• If the Declarations are submitted through B2G Channel wherein account types are provided as Credit and Debit Accounts, then the payments of Duty and other charges shall be made through Credit Account and Deposit can be made through Debit Account
• If the Declarant provides the type of account as Debit Account only, then all the payments shall be made through the same Debit Account only.
• If the Declarant provides two types of account as Standing Guarantee and Credit or Debit, then the payment of Duty and other charges shall be made through either Credit or Debit Account and Deposit shall be made through Standing Guarantee Account.

2. Changes on Cargo Transfer Declaration from DWC to DLC

Mirsal allows the Declaration Types of “Cargo Transfer from CTO to CH (Same Location)” and “Cargo Transfer from CH to CH (Same Location)” for the movements from DWC to DLC. This will result in reduction of declaration registration charge from AED 120 to AED 40.

Further, existing “Cargo Transfer Declarations of ‘Different Location’ will not be allowed for the movements from DWC to DLC.

3. Allowing ‘Free Trade Agreement’ and ‘Product of AGCC Countries’ exemptions to additional declaration types:

Facility has now been provided to allow exemption types of “Free Trade Agreement’ and ‘Product of AGCC Countries’ to the following additional declaration types in addition to the current import declarations.

• Import to local from FZ
• Import to local from CW
• Import for Re-Export to local from ROW
• Import for Re-Export to local from FZ
• Import for Re-Export to local from CW

Further, ‘Product of AGCC Countries’ exemption will also be allowed to “Import to Local after Temporary Admission” declaration type.

4. Allowing Transshipment and Transit to GCC destinations

Mirsal has now been enhanced to allow GCC Country as destination in ‘Transit Row to Row’ and FZ Transit Out’ declarations if exit point is other than any of the UAE Land ports.

In case Transit consignment is exiting through any UAE Land port, then the GCC Country shall not be allowed as destination in such Transit Declaration and the current process will be continued to pass declarations with UAE land port exit points.

5. Option to control ‘Submission of Declarations by Business Owners’

The Declaration Owners shall now be able to control the submission of their Customs Declarations through newly introduced option in the association service (self-declaration)

If the Declaration Owners have opted for Self-Declaration, then submission of Customs Declaration shall be available, only to the owners and no broker shall be able to submit the Declarations on their behalf.

If the Declaration Owners have not opted for Self-Declaration, then submission of Customs Declaration shall be available to the Customs Brokers who are already having a valid association or privileged with the facility of “Clear for All” to submit the Declarations on their behalf.