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Saudi Arabia is Abu Dhabi’s biggest trading partner at AED 44.43 billion
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Abu Dhabi Customs accomplished more than 1,093,144 digital customs transactions during 2020
Abu Dhabi’s non-oil foreign trade through the emirate’s customs ports was more than AED 201.2 billion ($54b) during the past year, a top Abu Dhabi customs official told the Emirati News Agency (WAM).
Rashed Lahej Al Mansouri, Director-General of the General Administration of Abu Dhabi Customs, told WAM that the trade was distributed to imports worth AED92.5 billion, exports with AED73.46 billion, and re-exports with AED35.26 billion.
Al Mansouri said Abu Dhabi Customs accomplished more than 1,093,144 digital customs transactions during 2020. This achievement came in line with the automation of all customs services and the digital completion of customs clearance processes and transactions, he added.
Elaborating on the diversity of Abu Dhabi foreign trade, he said Saudi Arabia was the UAE capital’s biggest trading partner at more than AED 44.43 billion.
Regarding plans to enhance Abu Dhabi Customs’ leadership globally during 2021, Al Mansouri said the General Administration of Abu Dhabi Customs has a strategic plan that relies on numerous pioneering development projects that would achieve sustainable customs work based on innovation and creativity.
He added that to strengthen local and global partnerships, the authority has worked with a team of the Federal Customs Authority to prepare the first unified customs plan at the federal level.
It also plans collaborating with the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation to develop capabilities through applying the best global practices such as The Approved Economic Operator and Implementation of the World Trade Agreement – Risk Management and Cooperation with the Regional Office for Information Exchange.
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