Pre-clearance, 1-Stop-shop to fuel trade facilitation

These are importers and cargo forwarding agents who are given special privileges to clear goods if they meet certain criteria set by the Customs authorities.

The Minister credited young Omanis for their role in supporting the speedy implementation of the Oman Logistics Strategy 2040. Around 30 promising young graduates form part of the Oman Logistics Centre set up under the auspices of ASYAD Group to oversee the implementation of the national strategy.

Earlier, in welcome remarks at the start of the IRU World Congress, Dr Al Futaisi underlined Oman’s commitment to working in close collaboration with the global community in the achievement of its strategic aspirations.

“Similar to other countries, Sultanate of Oman has recognised that we should keep pace with development and coopt the knowledge revolution that is taking place now,” the Minister said.

“The world has embarked on a new technological journey with the evolution of artificial intelligence, robotics, Internet of Things, self-driving cars, 3D printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, cloud computing, Blockchain among others. Investors, consumers and citizens adopting and using the technologies in their daily life will become partners in the development and production of these technologies.”the Sultanate, he said, has world-class road networks linking ports, free zones, airports and industrial zones, and maintains three deep ports that serve the needs of emerging markets in India, East Africa, Iran and Gulf countries that are fully integrated with its free zones. Besides, Oman has five state-ofthe-art airports.

“We work continuously towards augmenting integration with the global economic alliances and facilitating trade in order to enhance road transport ecosystem,” Dr Al Futaisi added.