UAE - Mubasher: Dubai Customs has completed 11.2 million transactions in the first half (H1) of 2021, up 53.4% from 7.3 million transactions in the year-ago period, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
The higher number of transactions carried out by Dubai Customs reflects the emirate's role as a global trade hub and the resilience of its infrastructure and systems.
Dubai Customs conducted 99.6% of total transactions through smart and electronic channels, with around 7.9 million customs transactions through smart channels and 3.2 million through electronic channels.
The Director-General of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, said that Dubai's non-oil foreign trade increased by 10% to AED 354.4 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021 from AED 323 billion in the year-ago period.
Musabih remarked: "We work with all our energy to develop systems and programmes that speed up the completion of transactions and the flow of foreign trade movement in the Emirate. This comes as part of our quest to realise the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to hit the AED2 trillion milestone in external trade.''
