Customs bags KD 22.8 mln:

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The Customs General Department has collected customs fees amounting to KD 22.8 million through the electronic payment system within three months, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting sources.

Sources confirmed that companies and individuals in the country or anywhere else can access the system through the department’s website. Sources explained the system works like the K-Net mode of payment but there are some differences. Sources expect the collected fees to reach KD 50 million by the end of 2018, indicating the system was launched on June 22, 2018.

Meanwhile, sources affirmed the electronic archiving process is ongoing as per the amended Article 17 of Customs Regulation number 50/2003 that is based on the unified Customs Law in GCC countries. Sources said about 1.163 million documents have been archived electronically as of last weekend.

Consultants promoted:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the issuance of a decree on the promotion of consultants to plenipotentiary, reports Al-Rai daily.

Decree number 285/2018 states the promotion of Dr Rashid Al-Adwani, Ibdah Al-Dousari, Salah Al-Saif, Abdullah Al-Mowe’d, Mohammad Al-Jadai’a, Mish’al Al-Shimali, Mohammad Al-Mutairi, Mohammad Al-Mohammad, Yacoub Al-Ansari, Khalid Al-Shami, Salem Al-Hamdan, Faisal Al-Mutairi, Wael Al-Enzi and Othman Al-Dawood.