The report, which has taken Dubai as a benchmark for measuring the entire performance of the UAE in the Global Enabling business indicators, stated that the UAE is first top ranked in the Middle East and North Africa region, ahead of the United States, the UK, France, Japan and many other countries. It has shown that the UAE last year achieved a progressive pace in the Global Enabling Trade indicators as a result of enjoying clear points of strength based on key indicators including market access, border administration, business environment of commercial sectors and all that based on the best global practices.
The UAE jumped two places in the Enabling Trade Index achieving excellent results ranking in the top 10 out of the 125 nations globally in a number of sub-pillars included in the 2010 report in which the UAE was ranked first top in the region and 12th among 125 countries worldwide. These are reflected in efficiency of customs administration and border administration. It has also performed exceptionally well and featured in the list (9th place) export and import procedures and business environment, making use of points of strength owned by Dubai Customs in the field of clearing goods across borders and this proved a tangible improvement.
Butti reiterated that the developmental projects carried out by Dubai Customs are exactly meeting the recommendation requirements of the Global Enabling Trade Report published by the World Economic Forum. The achievements have been possible due to the launch of the customs clearance system (Mirsal2) and its enhancement with synergistic services, namely, the advanced Risk Engine, (B2G) for companies of customs large business transactions, besides providing electronic services via multi-media uses including portable telephones.
The director general highlights that the achievement of these goals always come as a result of the effective economic policies laid down by the wise leadership, explaining that the developmental projects which are now being executed by the customs sector, will effectively contribute in achieving more development within the few coming years. The report is significantly needed as a basic reference to measure policies and different deliveries which in turn may impact the movement of goods across borders, especially, taking into account that this global report is prepared in collaboration with a number of international organizations, agencies, international companies that are considered principal milestones for the commercial sector and investors, for example, WTO, UNCTAD and IATA.
Dubai Customs, which enjoys the great dividend of non-petroleum trade exchange worldwide, always endeavors to enhance its capacities of delivering a wide range of services via the Internet within the few coming years. This actually has been achieved 95 percent, in addition to accelerating simple customs clearance operations, he added.
