United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates. Its oil reserves are ranked as 7th biggest in the world. It’s also one of the rapidly developed countries in the world. Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE is famous for its sci-fi esque sky scrapers and luxurious lifestyle.

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Services Available

No matter who you are, No matter where you are, we have a solution available for all your courier needs…. 

Based on your urgency, the type of goods or even the destination you can choose the solution that will suit you the best in consultation with our experts. We work closely with well-known global suppliers such as DHL, ARAMEX, FEDEX, UPS and TOLL ensuring coverage and global standards are maintained.

Door to Door Delivery 

Courier.lk offers door to door delivery throughout UK guaranteeing simplicity, convenience and affordability. Our couriers possess extensive experience and knowhow which ensures your parcels get the highest attention. Door to Door delivery comes in very handy when dealing with heavy parcels as it will be us doing the heavy lifting and delivering to the door step of the receiver.

Pick Up services

Courier.lk strives to ease the burden on the consumer and therefore we provide a pickup service for all your parcels as well. A courier will come and pick up from your doorstep or any other nominated place by you. If you’re in a rush this is an ideal solution for you as you don’t have to worry about making the drive to a Courier depot to drop off your parcel. And with the parcel tracking tools we offer, you will always have your eye on the parcel.

Import Duties and Fees –

·         The import duty and taxes payable are calculated on the CIF value, i.e. the sum of the value of the imported goods and the cost of shipping and insurance. 
·         Duty rates fluctuate between 0% – 100% with an average duty of 4.61% with certain goods attracting no duty rates.
·         Imports up to AED1000 are exempt from duty.

Exemptions

Certain goods are exempted from duty and taxes.

  • Raw materials for manufacturing in UAE destined for companies holding industrial license
  • Imports for non-dutiable authorities and organizations
  • Diplomatic goods
  • Used personal effects

Prohibited items

  • All types of narcotics
  • goods from Israel
  • Counterfeit and fake currencies
  • Authentic publication, oil painting, photograph, pictures, cards, books, magazines & stony sculptures, which contradict Islamic teachings, decencies or deliberately implying immorality or turmoil.
  • 3 layers nylon fishing nets
  • Dangerous Waste
  • Electronic cigarettes

References

  1. UAE Customs
  2. UAE Customs HS Codes
  3. GCC Unified Customs Law
  4. Customs Terminologies


Useful Customs Forms

  1. Import Goods Declaration form
  2. Customs Exit/ Entry Certificate/Abu Dhabi form
  3. Customs Exit/ Entry Certificate/Dubai form