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Dubai: The Customs Audit Department at Dubai Customs achieved positive results from post audits carried out in the first half of 2008, registering a total of Dh52 million compared to Dh39.5 million during the same period in 2007. The results are expected to reach record levels by year-end.
Mohammed Matter Al Mari, the Executive Director of Cargo Operations, emphasized the role being played by Audit Department in enhancing customs compliance and fulfilling the common customs law requirements relative to audit operations that favourably affect Dubai Customs' total revenue and subsequently protect trading activities.
"The Audit Department successfully recovered considerable amounts during the first half of 2008 as compared to the same period of last year. The amounts to be recovered are expected to greatly jump by the end of the current year," said Al Mari.
"The amounts being recovered as a result of transactional short collection for the past seven months ending in July 31 accounted for over Dh52 million as compared to Dh39.5 million during the same period of last year. The amounts recovered over 2005, 2006 and 2007 accounted for Dh58, 43 and 34 million respectively," he added.
The Audit Department assumes claiming such short collection and follow-up their collections. In collaboration with other relative departments, the Audit Department identifies and follows up cases of commercial frauds and smuggling operations.
In doing so, the department has referred over 32,000 cases to Customs Valuation and Tariff Departments during the past seven months ending on July 31 as compared to almost 26,000 cases in 2007, 22,000 cases in 2006 and 12,000 cases only in 2005.
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