App to check items not to carry when travelling to Dubai

Dubai: Travelling to Dubai? Do you know what items you are not allowed to bring in to the country and the procedure to declare goods? Dubai Customs is making the process easy for travellers.

During the ongoing 38th edition of Gitex Technology Week, Dubai Customs unveiled a new app which will soon be launched and will allow UAE travellers to check custom rules, declare items before arriving and calculate duty that they will have to pay on goods they bring to the country.

The process aims to cut down the time UAE travellers spend at Dubai Customs inspection office. Al Rasasi added: “This is easier than coming to the inspecting office if they suspect you have something to declare. You would sit there for 10-20 minutes, entering your information would take another 10-20 minutes.”

Explaining that the aim was to control illegal sales of goods in the country, Al Rasasi added: “People bring things that people can sell in the country that can affect the country’s economy. One person might not but a thousand people not paying duty and following the regulations will affect it [the economy].”