| Name | | | E-Mail | | | Date | 3/18/2008 | | Title | What are the benefits of the GCC Customs Union? | | Question | What are the benefits of the GCC Customs Union? | | Answer | There shall be no customs duty charged for consignments shipped within the GCC countries.
On account of the Customs Union all GCC countries shall have:
a) single customs tariff for foreign goods
b) standard customs rules and regulations
c) standard procedures for import, export and re-export.
d) Single entry point where customs duty will be collected
e) Free movement of goods without customs barriers within GCC countries, taking into consideration that the consignment does not include any prohibited or restricted commodities.
Products of one member country of GCC shall be deemed to be of GCC origin for all member GCC countries. |
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| | Name | | | E-Mail | | | Date | 3/18/2008 | | Title | How many check points are there at Bahrain Customs? | | Question | How many check points are there at Bahrain Customs? | | Answer | The Clearance of the consignments are carried out at the 5 check points of Bahrain Customs, which are Mina Salman Port, Bahrain International Airport, King Fahad Causeway, Muharraq port and the Muharraq Post Office. The Customs Officials are situated at these check points to facilitate faster clearance of consignments. |
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| | Name | | | E-Mail | | | Date | 3/18/2008 | | Title | How soon are the goods cleared by the Customs? | | Question | How soon are the goods cleared by the Customs? | | Answer | Bahrain Customs adopts and maintains procedures, which facilitate the release of goods within 1 hour of arrival of goods and fulfillment of necessary data submission. Upon submission of all the relevant data the goods are cleared and released to the importer within a time frame of one hour. |
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