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Customs Department Boosts Private Sector’s Awareness of Compliance Requirements

The Jordan Customs Department has launched a series of initiatives aimed at improving the private sector’s awareness of customs compliance requirements and facilitating trade activities. The department’s efforts focus on enhancing domestic revenues, promoting competitiveness, and simplifying procedures for businesses.

Enhancing Domestic Revenues and Simplifying Procedures

The main pillars of these initiatives include:

  • Budget Reliability and Execution: Improving budget planning and execution to ensure effective use of resources.
  • Enhancing Domestic Revenues: Increasing revenue collection through efficient tax administration and reducing smuggling.
  • Streamlining Control Agencies: Reducing bureaucratic hurdles and increasing efficiency in trade activities.

Restructuring Customs Tariff Segments


The department has launched a project aimed at:

  • Reducing Smuggling: Protecting domestic industries by preventing the smuggling of goods.
  • Manipulating Authorized Values: Ensuring that customs duty ratios for dual-use items are fair and transparent.
  • Customs Duty Ratios: Implementing a more efficient system to reduce the burden on citizens.

Customs Exemptions Scheme


The department is developing a scheme to:

  • Increase Control: Establishing a specialized unit to handle applications for exemptions, ensuring transparency and fairness in the process.
  • Protect Domestic Industries: Preventing the misuse of exemptions by entities that do not comply with regulations.

National Export Center


The National Export Center aims to:

  • Facilitate Trade Activities: Providing a single point of contact for exporters to complete all necessary procedures and declarations before goods enter customs centers.
  • Reduce Bureaucratic Hurdles: Increasing efficiency in exporting goods from Jordan by reducing paperwork and bureaucratic delays.

Risk Management and Post-Clearance Audit System


The department has implemented:

  • Risk Management System: Identifying potential threats to trade activities and taking proactive measures to mitigate them.
  • Post-Clearance Audit System: Ensuring that all necessary procedures are followed, reducing the time required to complete services and increasing control effectiveness.

Government in Advance Licenses


To simplify procedures for traders, the department is developing an e-government platform allowing businesses to:

  • Obtain Import or Export Licenses Electronically: Reducing paperwork and bureaucratic hurdles, enabling traders to secure approvals in advance before goods arrive at customs centers.

Feedback and Future Plans

The Jordan Customs Department’s efforts have received positive feedback from the private sector. In the coming years, the department plans to:

  • Enhance Domestic Revenues: Providing a legislative working environment related to registration and transaction fees.
  • Finalize Real Estate Database (Archiving): Improving data management and transparency in customs administration.
  • Re-Study and Re-Engineer Work Procedures: Enhancing efficiency and reducing bureaucratic hurdles.

The department aims to become a model of efficiency and transparency in customs administration, promoting trade activities and economic growth in Jordan. For more information on the Jordan Customs Department’s initiatives, please contact [insert name and email address].