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Federal Law No. (1) for the year 2003 A.C. regarding establishment of the Federal Customs Authority (FCA) in the UAE defined the primary Functions and responsibilities of FCA on the basis that it is the authority concerned with drawing customs policy in cooperation with customs administrations, preparing unified legislations to regulate customs work, and supervising implementation of it by ...
Companies operating within free zones are typically non-customer-facing businesses, such as those involved in import/export, online operations, and other business activities that do not involve direct dealings with local customers. There are 46 Free Zones operating in UAE. [8]
Free-trade zones in Dubai, (FTZs) are special economic zones set up with the objective of offering tax concessions and customs duty benefits to expatriate investors. There are 26 Free Zones operating in Dubai. FTZs in Dubai and the UAE are governed pursuant to a special framework of rules and regulations. A Free Zone Authority offers business ...
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) is a commodities exchange and free-trade zone in the United Arab Emirates. It is located in the Jumeirah Lake Towers district of Dubai . The DMCC was created in 2002 and deals in four main sectors: precious commodities (e.g., gold, diamonds); energy; steel and metals and agricultural commodities (e.g ...
Parties are permitted to subdivide the HS Nomenclature beyond 6-digits and add their own Legal Notes according to their own tariff and statistical requirements. Parties often set their customs duties at the 8-digit "tariff code" level. Statistical suffixes are often added to the 8-digit tariff code for a total of 10 digits.
The UAE charges a flat 5% customs duty on the value of goods, freight, and insurance (CIF) for most goods. The customs duty rate is 50% on CIF of alcohol, and 100% on CIF of cigarettes. VAT is also charged at the standard rate for the imported items.
A common external tariff (CET) must be introduced when a group of countries forms a customs union. The same customs duties, import quotas , preferences or other non-tariff barriers to trade apply to all goods entering the area, regardless of which country within the area they are entering.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) released a new online platform, WCO Trade Tools, [9] that encompasses the Harmonized System, preferential Rules of Origin and Valuation. It includes the 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022 editions of the HS, around 400 Free Trade Agreements with their preferential Rules of Origin/ and Product Specific rules ...