Dubai Customs workshop emphasizes customs' role against business fraud and counterfeit

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The event was attended by representatives from different Customs administrations and governmental bodies.

Mr. Mohammed Bin Fahd Al Muhairi, the Director General of the Federal Customs Authority inaugurated the workshop with a speech focusing on the challenges that face the countries from business fraud and counterfeiting, stating that they affect the economic prosperity and calling upon the nations to cooperate in order to curb this phenomenon.

Mr. Muhairi stressed on the role played by the United Arab Emirates in fighting these practices on the local and regional levels through the cooperation with the neighboring countries as well as its adherence to the World Trade Organization, signing agreements on facilitating trades between Arab countries and its membership in the Federal Customs Authority of the GCC states.

'Government measures must accompany raising the awareness among traders and consumers to arrive to a community free from business fraud,' he said.

Mr. Muhairi stressed on the role played by Federal Customs Administrations and especially Dubai Customs in controlling the borders and preventing the entry of goods that do not match the rules and standards of the UAE.

From his part, Mr. Abdullah Al Hussein, the Director of the Monitoring Department at the ministry of Economy said in his speech that the UAE is keen on curbing the business fraud and counterfeiting by harnessing all its efforts to preserve the economy and the consumers from the dangers of these goods.

'The role played by the federal Customs Authority is important but we must establish a database for Customs Administrations to curb these practices,' he added.

Dubai Customs are among the leading administrations in establishing the Reform and Modernization Program aiming at assessing the dangers of prohibited goods through a specialized intelligence program that prevents their entry.

International reports indicate that there are many negative impacts caused by business fraud and counterfeiting affecting the health of the consumers as well as the economy.

The intervention department at Dubai Customs presented during the workshop the methods used to control the goods according to the rules and regulations. The sessions of the workshop focused also on methods used to fight business fraud, protecting intellectual property rights and controlling the flow of faked products on the port of entries.

It is worth noting that Dubai Customs confiscated in the first quarter of this year 23,643 pieces of fake products and issued 81 confiscation reports. The amount of the confiscated goods exceeded 7 million Dirhams.

In the year 2006 Dubai Customs confiscated during the same period 353,711 pieces of fake products and issued 65 confiscation reports. The amount of the confiscated goods exceeded 2 million dirhams.

Most of the confiscated goods were DVD, car spare parts, mobile phones and tobacco products.