UAE VAT 2018 – Customs Approved Agents

Al Sharqi Shipping, which is an award-winning logistics player in UAE since 1989. With numerous awards like the Dubai SME 100, Maersk Platinum award, CMA-CGM Customer award, NYK award last year alone, they are expanding their footprint across Asia and Africa with multiple offices to serve logistics and shipping needs of their customers.

Al Sharqi with a mindset of “Helping you grow” focuses on Technology and collaboration to solve a lot of today’s shipping and logistics problems and digitalization of its Supply chain. The family business in its 28th year has evolved from a single entrepreneurial venture to a strong regional logistics player covering the entire supply chain with core activities in Freight Management and Freight Forwarding, Customs brokerage and Compliance, a different mode of transportation ie sea, air and GPS enabled Trucking.

Al Sharqi has always been on the forefront of government initiatives at our HQ in UAE, be it the first time the Dubai Port & Customs went live with their Dubai Trade online portal back in 2002 or Sharjah Port & Customs recently going online with their E-services. Now another feather to our Cap is being one of the first FTA approved Customs Broker that can assist Non-Vat registered Businesses clear their Inbound Shipment through both Dubai and Sharjah Customs by completing tax procedures with Federal Tax Authority and collect payment of due Tax on behalf of the Businesses in UAE. The procedure is in line with the strategic objectives for more efficient control and facilitation of trade enabling businesses to complete the required Tax Registration procedures for VAT purposes without causing a disruption in their supply chain.

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