Minister of Finance on the occasion of the celebration of the World Customs Day:

Communicating with international partners to improve customs performance

Development of customs legislation helped us simplify, automate and facilitate procedures

Head of the Customs Authority in Alexandria: Employing information technology in developing the work environment of the customs system

Partnerships with international institutions to analyze the time of customs release.

Dr. Mohamed Moait, Minister of Finance, stressed that we are keen to sustain communication with international partners by strengthening partnerships with many customs departments in various countries; to exchange experiences and apply best practices in order to upgrade the level of customs performance, explaining that the government has developed customs legislation during the last period in agreement with the business community and investors, in a way that contributes to simplifying, mechanizing and facilitating customs procedures, and then facilitating the movement of internal and external trade and stimulating the investment climate, and glorifying productive capabilities, expanding the export base.

On the occasion of the celebration of the International Customs Day in Alexandria, the minister said that we are seeking together to achieve the theme of the World Customs Organization for this year, which is "the engagement of customs with the current and new partners", with the aim of improving the quality of services, especially in light of the contraction the world faces of the international trade movement As a result of successive global economic crises.
In the celebration of the International Customs Day in Alexandria, El -Shahat Gutouri, head of the Customs Authority, said that we are keen to organize this celebration to educate workers and partners on the International Customs Day and the organization's theme that embodies this year, one of the most important topics that the organization would like to highlight in order to facilitate the international trade movement and eliminate harmful practices.

He added that we have succeeded during the last period in achieving many local and international partnerships to overcome the challenges we faced in draft laws and procedures regulating customs work, as well as consultations with Italian customs within the framework of the institutional twinning project that aims to coordinate the gradual legislation, rules and customs practices with the standards of the Federation European.
He explained that information technology was employed in developing the customs system work environment, and the establishment of advanced logistics centers to provide customs services through one "Nafza", while developing customs transactions, integrating, facilitating and governance of its procedures through the use of developed customs applications and conducting network linking to integrate databases with the relevant bodies in the country to reduce the release time, and simplify customs procedures, stressing that partnerships are held with international institutions, including the World Bank to help analyzing the release time for import and export operations and know the challenges to overcome them.

He expressed his appreciation to the Minister, for his continuous support for the development of the customs system, and his appreciation for his diligent colleagues, and the importance of their role in upgrading customs performance, thanking the previous authority's commissioners, for their efforts to achieve customs targets.
Ian Sanders, Secretary -General of the World Customs Organization, said that we are looking forward to building new partnerships with the stakeholders from the World Customs Society, including financial institutions, environmental organizations, NGOs and academic institutions; to expand our horizons and think creatively and adopt innovative methods that contribute to enhancing our efforts with new views and effective solutions that are consistent with our new slogan "engaging customs with the current and new partners"; In a way, the organization's keenness to complete international cooperation to facilitate trade, secure borders and maintain the flexibility of global supply chains.

Dr. Amal Al-Jabri, General Director of the General Department of Customs Development and Reform Initiatives, reviewed the electronic system that was developed to follow up the implementation of the programs and activities of the new strategic plan 2023-2026, explaining that the new system enhances strategy management through effective and balanced performance while enhancing governance and decision-making support, and extrapolating indicators of achievement through real-time follow-up of the executive stages.

The World Customs Organization honored: Mohamed Adel, Chairman of the General Authority for Governmental Services, Iman Morsi, Director of Pension Administration, and Fawqya Hashem Abdel Hamid, General Director of Maintenance of Operations Support Technology, Rasha Mahmoud Asfour, Director of International Cooperation Department at the Office of the President of the Authority, and Ahmed Ahmed Khalil, General Director of Rafah Customs, and Zakaria Baghdadi, Director of Review Administration at the Customs of Suez, and Entsar Abdel Salam Mohamed, Director of the automation of Conventions, and Sobahi Mohamed Helmy, Head of the Central Directoritate for Temporary Allowance and Refunding Taxes, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed, Director of Research and Development Department, and Ismail Mohamed Ismail ,General Director of the General Administration of Risk Systems, and Thanaa Abdel Aziz Menisi, Director at the General Administration for Customs Evaluation, Ahmed Jaballah Muhammad, Head of the Central Directoritate for Exemptions and Special Systems, Amal Nous Gendy, Head of the Central Directoritae of the Authorized Economic Operator, and Ahmed Hamed Nima Allah, Director of the Logistics Center at Alexanderia Customs, Ehab Mohamed Shaheen, Director of the Logistics Center at Cairo Airport, Salah El-Sayed Badawi, Director of East Port Said Customs Department, Dr. Rami Al-Nazer, Head of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, Gomaa Madani, Head of the Central Directoritate of trade Agreements at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Gaber Moussa, Director of Hurghada Customs Department, and Amr Abdel Moneim, Central Directoritate of Passenger Customs at Cairo International Airport.

The Customs Authority honored: Magdi Kamal ُEl-Shahawi, Head of the Central Directoritate for the Customs of Dekheila, Ahmed Ali Hassan, Head of the Central Directoritate for Administrative Support in the Northern and Western Region, Mr. Gomaa, Head of the Central Directoritate for Legal Affairs and Investigations, Amal Abdel -Khaleq Al -Sharqawi, General Director of Citizen Service, and Mustafa Mohamed Abdel -Fadil, General Director of Public Relations, Salma Salem Salman, Head of the Central Directoritae for the Customs of Sinai, and Salam Lotfy Salama, Customs Officer at Inspection Passengers Customs of Sharm El -Sheikh Airport, Tarek Mansour, at customs of inspection passengers of Hurghada International Airport, and Abdel Rahim Abdel Razek, Director of Parts Department In the Central Directoritate for tariffs, value and origin, Ahmed Jalal Hussein, Acting General Administration of Financial Settlements in the northern and western region, Sameh Atef Abdel Karim, director of tariff at the logistics center in Alexandria Customs, and Amira Kotb Abu Shaishaa, Department of Exemptions Follow -up in the Northern and Western Region,Zaineb Hassan, Director of tariff at Al -Sokhna Customs, Aisha Al -Sibai Al -Sayed, Director at the General Administration for Customs Affairs and Deposits in Alexandria, Samir Al -Tahan, General Director of Statistical Data, Dalia Naem, General Director of Communications Technology, Ahmed Ziada, Director of Research and Studies Department at the Authority’s Affairs Sector, and Mina Ramzi Rizk , Director at the Central Directoritate for Passenger Inspection Customs at Cairo International Airport, Mohamed Hussein Abdel -Wahab, Customs officer, Central Directoritate for Passenger Inspection Customs at Cairo International Airport, Ibrahim Mustafa Ibrahim, Customs Officier,  Central Directoritate for Passenger Inspection Customs at Cairo International AirportThe head of the Authority, Zarif Taha Mohamed, Head of Department at the Office of the Head of Authority,Samah Abdel Aziz, Director of the Commissioner's Office, Mohamed Maher Fathi, Director of the Warehouse Security Department at the central and southern region, Ibrahim Abu Bakr El -Siddiq, Director of the Warehouse Department in West Port Said Customs, Mr. Abdel Moneim El -Sarjani, in Port Said customs, Hanan Al -Sayed Farrag, Director of the technical Research Department at the Central directoritate for Customs Policy and Procedures, Hassan Khamis Hassan, Head of Department at the Free Zone in the Western Region, and Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Hamid, at the General Administration of Development Initiatives, Abdullah Hamad Abdullah, Director of the Left-Out Follow -up Department at the Central Directoritate of Alexandria Customs, Morsi Abdel Sattar Abdel Latif, Director at the General Administration of Air Ports, Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed, Head of Department at the General Administration of Free Markets, and Dr. Iman Ibrahim Kamel, General Director of the General Administration of tariffs, Sarah Ali Hassan, Tariff Director at the General Administration of tariff, Sherine Ahmed Mahmoud, Tariff Director at the General Department of tariffs, and Noha Samir Abdel Hamid, Tariff Director at the General Department of tariffs, Said Ibrahim Mohamed, Director of Customs Abu Qir Al -Bahri, and Wafaa Ahmed Abdel -Gawad , General Director of Planning Needs at the Central Directoritate of the National Institute for Training, and Hala Gueli, Director of Public Relations at the Central Directoritate of the Authorized Economic Operator.