You will need to provide your pet's vaccination card, health certificate, his passport and details about this microchip. You can import cats and dogs into the UAE after receiving permit from Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. Customs in the UAE - Federal Customs AuthorityĬertain goods such as animals, medicines and weapons can be imported/exported only after receiving necessary permits from the competent authorities.UAE tops world countries in efficiency of customs procedures - WAM.The rankings are based on efficiency of resource management and 346 other indicators. It is determined by surveying an audience of businessmen and institutions about their experience with the customs authorities’ services in the area of shipping. The index gauges the efficiency of customs authorities of 63 countries around the world. The UAE has topped the world in the Efficiency of Customs Procedures Index as per the Global Competitiveness Yearbook 2017 published by IMD World Competitiveness Center. Local customs departments do the executive work and draw the customs policies for each emirate in compliance with the GCC Common Customs Law (PDF). In the first half of 2002, the UAE Cabinet approved 2 decrees 617/7 of 2001G and 157/12 of 2002G assigning the then Ministry of Finance and Industry to hire an international consulting office to offer recommendations on creating a federal customs authority and authorising the ministry to follow up on the execution of the procedures and measures needed.įederal Customs Authority (FCA) draws the customs policies, supervises the execution of customs-related laws and legislations and represents the UAE at home and abroad.

Going through several phases, the customs took the institutional shape in the age of the late Sheikhs H.

The customs have existed in the UAE for more than one hundred years ( as per FCA website).

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