GAC records 433,735 customs declarations in May
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Doha, Qatar: The General Authority of Customs (GAC) has announced that it accomplished 433,735 customs declarations through the ports of Qatar during...
Doha, Qatar: The General Authority of Customs (GAC) has announced that it accomplished 433,735 customs declarations through the ports of Qatar during May 2024. The Customs newsletter for June 2024 revealed the most prominent statistics of customs work during the month of May this year.
Nearly 433,735 declarations were registered in last month, with Air Cargo bagging 197,663 completed data. The Maritime Customs Administration stood at 9,791, while the Land Customs Administration reached 7,522.
The GAC released 99 percent of its data within an hour, and the overall customs declarations in the customs ports and those transferred from the authority to government entities amounted to 28,979 declarations during May 2024. The USA and India remained the top import and export countries, respectively.
In May, the GAC recorded 419 seizures as the Ministry of Municipality Fisheries Department emerged as the best government entity in terms of release time, completing its processing within 0.46 hours. The largest seizure during the month was narcotic substance marijuana, which was 13,800 grams.