Under the Common Customs Law of the GCC countries, its Executive Regulations and Explanatory Note, and based on Part One of Chapter One of the 'GCC Unified Guide for Customs Procedures at First Points of Entry' concerning commercial importation, the following procedures and controls are applicable:
1. Obtain 'importer code' by customer/company.
2. Obtain the required permits and approvals from competent authorities for restricted goods.
3. Customs centers may demand translation of foreign invoices/documents into the Arabic language.
4. Goods owner, their representative or an (authorized) customs broker shall keep the records for five Gregorian years as of the customs declaration date.
5. Goods owner, their representative or an (authorized) customs broker may submit the documents online, providing that they shall provide the customs center with the physical documents before or after the release of goods.
6. Customs documents submitted to the customs center shall original; however, copies of invoices may be accepted against an undertaking that the original documents shall be submitted within a three-month (90...