4 April 2021 – ISLAMABAD The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed integrated operators, warehouses, authorised couriers, ground handling agents, freight forwarders and logistics service providers to register as Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) for obtaining benefits including trade facilitation, speedy clearance of imports and exports consignments, and timely payment of refunds/duty drawback to the…
30 December 2020 – Modern manufacturing depends heavily on fast supply chains offering ‘just in time’ delivery of components, often across multiple borders. The Brexit deal agreed on 24 December will have a significant impact on how goods are manufactured in the UK and the EU. While the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (1,245 / 8MB PDF)…
22nd November – 2020 ABU DHABI, (WAM) — Via teleconference, the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Indonesia signed an Action Plan for a mutual recognition arrangement on the Authorised Economic Operator Program, AEO, in a step to facilitate inter-countries trade, effective and swift implementation of program mutual recognition agreement under the umbrella of…
4th October 2020 – Figures released by Dubai Customs showed that customs transactions done through the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) reached 4.4m constituting 61% of the total number of transactions (7.2m) in H1, 2020. The leading program has played an important role during the pandemic in facilitating external trade. Companies, members of the program, boosted…
01 Sep 2020 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will issue gold, platinum and silver certificates to the Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) for providing them a wide range of benefits including trade facilitation, speedy clearance of imports and exports consignments and timely payment of refunds/duty drawback to the holders of such certificates. The FBR…
By Rasha Abubaker Jan 5 2020 / Emirates News Agency ABU DHABI, 5th January, 2019 (WAM) — According to the Federal Customs Authority, FCA, the number of registered companies that benefitted from the advantages offered by the Authorised Economic Operator, AEO, Programme in the UAE totalled 55 at the end of 2019. Another 15 companies…
By Alex Claydon Oct 14 2019 / BDAILY NEWS An opinion piece on Brexit by Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, chief executive of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Department for International Trade (DIT) exporter and a CBI regional councillor. Preparing to leave the European Union must currently be the number one priority for every UK business. It is…
Oct 17 2019 / Brexit Analysis This article is the view of the author and not necessarily of Ready for Brexit Despite reassurances that the Government is in negotiations with EU leaders, the prospect of a No Deal exit on 31st October is still very much on the cards. Businesses are running out of time…
By Alex Claydon Oct 14 2019 / BDAILY News An opinion piece on Brexit by Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, chief executive of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Department for International Trade (DIT) exporter and a CBI regional councillor. Preparing to leave the European Union must currently be the number one priority for every UK business. It is…
Sep 30 2019 / Commercial Motor The UK’s largest independent freight forwarder, Europa Worldwide Group, is ready to tackle the possibility of a No-Deal Brexit. The specialist European road freight operator has invested significant time and over £2m to ensure the smoothest possible transition for its customers in the event of no-deal. Europa’s Managing Director also…
