UAE: Implications of 2022 GCC unified customs tariff, effective 1 February 2022
The “2022 Tariff Nomenclature” is effective beginning 1 February 2022
The “2022 Tariff Nomenclature” is effective beginning 1 February 2022
The “2022 Tariff Nomenclature”—effective beginning 1 February 2022 in the Gulf Cooperative Council member states—was confirmed by UAE Customs authorities through the issuance of Customs Notice 01/2022.
The Harmonized System is a standardized numerical method of classifying traded products, used by customs authorities to identify products when assessing duties and taxes and for gathering statistics.
- Most product categories have been affected by the recent changes to the list, mainly relating to different types of machinery and their parts (Chapters 84 and 85).
- New technologies—e.g., smartphones, vapes, and drones—received specific subheadings in the updated list.
- The new changes will affect companies dealing with agricultural, chemical, wood, textile, and metal products.
KPMG observation
Companies need to review and adapt their products’ database to reflect the changes.
Read a February 2022 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in the United Arab Emirates
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